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.
Manifest and Double-Faced cards
Double-faced cards have discovered a way to be face-down on the battlefield, but only if they enter that way due to the manifest ability! We explain how that works in real life.
Prerelease Primer: Tips for the Prerelease!
Hello and welcome to the final day of our Prerelease Primer week! Tonight at Midnight, many of you will be sitting in your local stores (or maybe larger venues!) waiting to crack open your Fate Reforged packs and have a great weekend. There’ll be even more events going on tomorrow morning and afternoon, too! We’ve […]
Prerelease Primer: Returning Mechanics
Welcome back to Prerelease Primer Week! Unfortunately, we’re fresh out of new mechanics to cover, as there’s only three in this set! Fortunately, there’s still things for us to talk about- today, we’ll be discussing the returning mechanics of the set, both as a quick refresher for returning players and as an easy jumping-in point […]
Prerelease Primer: Manifest
Today we’re going to get to the real meat and potatoes of Fate Reforged! We’ve already covered Dash and Bolster, and that just leaves us one new mechanic (we will cover the returning mechanics tomorrow, but that’s all that’s left is returning ones after this!) to discuss, and boy is it a doozy. Those of […]
Prerelease Primer: Dash
Welcome back to our Fate Reforged Prerelease Primer! Today we’ll be covering the Mardu’s new (or old, because time travel is weird like that) mechanic: Dash. Raid rewarded you for being aggressive before casting your spells- Dash works well with that, because it makes sure you’re attacking! Dash is an alternate cost (usually a cheaper […]
Prerelease Primer Week: Bolster
Good morning, and Happy 2015! We’re beginning our blog posts this year with a Primer for this weekend’s Fate Reforged prereleases! Over the next few days we’ll be covering the new mechanics of the set, so you know what to expect at the prerelease. Today we’re starting with the Abzan’s new mechanic: Bolster. As you […]
Containment Priest vs. Flickerwisp
A creature that "flickers" under the purveyance of Containment Priest is not going to be able to come back to the battlefield.
Containment Priest vs. Ichorid and Narcomoeba
Ichorid and Narcomoeba are gonna have a bad time if they try to enter while Containment Priest is around!