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Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Continuous Effects, Effects, Resolving spells and abilities

Creatures Coming Down AFTER Join Shields

November 30, 2018November 29, 2018 | tnunez

Learn how Join Shields works with creatures that come down after the spell has resolved!

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Tagged Elspeth Knight-Errant, Join Shields
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Costs, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Emmara and Convoke

November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 | tnunez

Learn how Emmara 2.0 interacts (and in some cases, does NOT interact!) with Convoke

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Tagged Emmara Soul of the Accord
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Continuous Effects, Control / Controller, Effects, Interaction of Continuous Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Trostani Discordant and Mind Control effects

November 26, 2018November 25, 2018 | tnunez

We start off Selesnya Week by looking at how Trostani Discordant interacts with various kinds of control-changing effects.

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Tagged Trostani Discordant
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Kraul Harpooner: When is X Determined?

November 23, 2018November 24, 2018 | tnunez

Finishing up Golgari Week, we look at changing the number of creatures in a graveyard to change the effectiveness of Undergrowth!

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Tagged Kraul Harpooner
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Resolving spells and abilities

Assassin’s Trophy’s Search!

November 21, 2018November 24, 2018 | tnunez

Today we learn about how various things can impact the search instruction on Assassin's Trophy

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Tagged Assassin's Trophy
Abilities, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Tournament Rules

Underrealm Lich – Not Optional!

November 19, 2018November 18, 2018 | tnunez

Today we talk about Underrealm Lich's groovy card-filtering replacement effect, and how we 'fix' it if things go wrong!

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Tagged Underrealm Lich
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities

All About Thought Erasure

November 16, 2018November 15, 2018 | tnunez

Informant Alistair closes out Dimir Week with some do's and don'ts on Thought Erasure

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Tagged Nullhide Ferox, Thought Erasure
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Continuous Effects, Effects, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Thief of Sanity and Control-Changing

November 14, 2018November 15, 2018 | tnunez

Today we continue Dimir Week with a tip about Thief of Sanity and how it interacts with control-changing effects!

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Tagged Grimoire Thief, Thief of Sanity
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Characteristics, Copies, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Lazav the Multifarious and Names!

November 12, 2018November 11, 2018 | tnunez

Learn all about how Lazav interacts with cards that refer to themselves by name, with guest contributor Etrata the Silencer!

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Tagged Lazav the Multifarious

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