Welcome to our lead-up to Modern Masters 2015! Hopefully a great many of you will be enjoying the festivities at the Grands Prix in Las Vegas, Utrecht, and Chiba this weekend (nearly the entire Rules Tips Blog team will be at GP Vegas!), and in honor of the new set and the enormous events taking […]
Anafenza vs. Deathmist Raptor
And we’re back! It’s Friday, so let’s get one last tip out there before we all head out to our local FNMs tonight. Let’s talk about our favorite deadly, can’t stay dead dinosaur, . It’s hard to keep a good Lizard Beast down, and as long as you can keep playing morphs and turning them […]
Crux of Fate vs. Protection from Black
Welcome back everyone. Today, we’re going to talk about the latest black boardwipe, . You have a board full of non-dragon creatures, but your opponent has hit five mana and taps out to cast , choosing to destroy all non-dragon creatures. You’re holding a and a . Can either of these cards save one of […]
How Shaman of Forgotten Ways works in 2HG
Shaman of Forgotten Ways tries to set each player's life total to a specific number, but how does that work when you have two players and only only life total? You pick one player and ignore the other when resolving the effect!
Foul-Tongue Invocation Against an Empty Board
Hey everyone, welcome back. As promised, we’re going to talk about today. Let’s say you’re playing against an aggressive mono-red player. You’ve managed to clear their board, but now they’re just pointing their burn spells at your head. You’re at 3, and they point a at you. All you’re holding is a and a . […]
Silumgar’s Scorn with a Dragon on the Stack
Hi everyone, and welcome back to another week of rules tips! There’s still some Standard situations that come up, so that’s what we’re going to focus on this week. Today, we kick things off with . You’re down to two cards in your hand: a and a . You figure it’s time to drop your […]
Targeting troubles with Dromoka’s Command.
Dromoka's Command has a lot of the word "target" on it, and it can be tricky to know all the legal ways to cast it. Read and absorb some knowledge here!
Thunderbreak Regent only triggers for Dragon permanents.
Thunderbreak Regent's ability is powerful, but don't get carried away. It only works while the Regent is on the battlefield, and it only triggers when an opponent targets one of your dragon permanents (on the battlefield). It doesn't work for dragon spells on the stack or dragon cards in the graveyard.
Manifest and Delve (no, you can’t!)
Delve only functions while you're casting a spell, and turning a creature face-up via manifest isn't casting anything. So you can't benefit from delve when turning a manifested Gurmag Angler face up, for example.