Lifelink gains you life before state-based actions are checked in the combat damage step. This means if you're at 29 life, a 1/1 Serra Ascendant can take up to 5 damage in combat and still survive!
Blood Moon doesn’t remove the Artifact type from Darksteel Citadel.
Blood Moon is pretty powerful, but it can't do everything. While it can make a Darksteel Citadel stop being indestructible, it can't stop it from being an artifact!
Arcbound Ravager vs. Rest in Peace.
Modular triggers only when Arcbound Ravager hits the graveyard. If you stop that from happening, you can stop those pesky counters from moving around!
How to properly use Zealous Persecution to avoid death by Deceiver Exarchs.
You have to pick the right time to Persecute your opponent's army of Exarchs. Doing it before they actually declare them as attackers will leave you very unhappy!
Not all modern frames are Modern.
The modern card frame (8th edition and later) is a good general guideline for a card being legal in Modern, but there are some exceptions! Know what's really legal in Modern before you build your deck.
Brimaz and Exalted
Exalted triggers when a creature is declared as an only attacker, and won't care if Brimaz later pops out a kitten. Brimaz will still get the bonus.
Evolve + Tribute = GRUUL LIKE!
If you cast a creature with tribute, your opponent chooses whether to pay tribute right before that creature enters the battlefield, so evolve abilities will trigger based on your tribute creature's bigger size.
Tromokratis and Culling Mark
Blocking requirements and restrictions can be a bit confusing, be we help clear them up for you with some examples!
Ragemonger and Boros Reckoner work pretty well together.
A single Ragemonger will reduce the cost of Boros Reckoner by {R}.