And now we close out the week with anti-synergy: messing with your opponent’s plays! We all know that is just a circus of value- it helps you fix your land drops if you’ve got none in hand (or just lets you bluff that the three Forests in your hand are actually useful calls without missing […]
Ashiok’s Ultimate: More than just disruption
We’ve gone a level past two-card synergy: now we’re discussing ONE CARD SYNERGY! Or we’re just throwing around the word ‘synergy’ more often than a late-90s office-slogan guy, take your pick. We’re sticking with for today’s tip as well though. Now, you probably know that the game considers each Ashiok you play to be a […]
Ashiok and Perilous Vault: Control Synergy
That’s right! MORE SYNERGY! Control decks might have a hard time dealing with swarms of creatures, so they tend to play board-wipe spells like or (, we hardly knew ye…). But wiping the board doesn’t do you much more than buy time if you don’t have a threat of your own! Luckily, Planeswalkers live through […]
Tournament Tuesday: A Draw is a Draw!
Today’s tip is going to hopefully prevent some ugly misunderstandings for you guys! Sometimes, draws are going to happen. They might be intentional draws (such as those to lock in a Top 8 spot, or with a friend so you can both go get lunch!), or they might be unintentional (the round goes to time […]
Butcher of the Horde and Bloodsoaked Champion: Mardu Synergy
Today’s tip unfortunately doesn’t cover any of the new cards from Fate Reforged, but it’s still quite useful! is a pretty neat card, and it lets you turn your creatures (such as the goblin tokens from ) into value. But Rabblemaster might attack right into your opponent’s Manifest/Morph and die a horrible death. Without Rabblemaster […]
Manifest and Commander damage.
A face-down commander is still a commander, even if manifested that way, so it still deals commander damage!
Manifest and Gift of Immortality
Gift of Immortality can return any permanent card that it was attached to if the card was a face-down manifest creature when it died. It can't return an instant or sorcery. Details inside!
You must reveal manifested cards as they change zones or as the game ends.
A lot of players have been asking whether you need to reveal cards that were manifested when they change zones or as the game ends. Surely, we don’t need to reveal them to verify that they were manifested legally, right? So why reveal them at all? Well, there are a couple of reasons. Firstly, it’s […]
Manifest and Athreos
Athreos triggers when any of its controller's creatures die, and no matter what they look like in the graveyard, they can still be returned unless 3 life is paid.