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Abilities, Control / Controller, Copies, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Prerelease Primer: All About Afterlife

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 | tnunez

Prerelease Week: Orzhov Edition! Get yourself Ravnica ready and learn about Afterlife!

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Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Zones

Chaos Warp and Commanders

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Chaos Warp interacts with Commanders- and how it used to!

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Tagged Chaos Warp
Casting / playing a spell or ability, Costs

All About The “Commander Tax”

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 | tnunez

Alistair covers how the Commander Tax interacts with various cost adjustments!

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Abilities, Effects, Multiplayer, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Commanders and Banishing Light

January 7, 2019 | tnunez

Commander Week! Today we go over how the Commander replacement effect interacts with Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light.

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Tagged Banishing Light, Oblivion Ring
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

What Is ‘Fizzle’, Anyway?

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 | tnunez

Today we learn what 'fizzling' is, exactly!

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Tagged Electrolyze
Abilities, Resolving spells and abilities, State-Based Actions, Triggered Abilities

Triggers vs State-Based Actions

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 | tnunez

What are State-Based Actions, and how do they function?

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Tagged Sun-Crowned Hunters
Casting / playing a spell or ability, Priority, Resolving spells and abilities, Turn Structure

Chance for Glory: At the End of Which Turn?

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 | tnunez

How does Chance for Glory interact with other 'extra turn' spells?

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Tagged Chance for Glory, Nexus of Fate
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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2018December 31, 2018 | tnunez

Happy Holidays! We're on holiday hiatus until Monday, December 31st!

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Copies, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, State-Based Actions, Type & Subtypes, Zones

Copying Double-Faced Cards

December 21, 2018December 24, 2018 | tnunez

How do copy effects work with double-faced cards and transforming?

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Tagged Nicol Bolas the Ravager

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