Whenever a creature dies, the game has to “look back in time” to see if any leaves-the-battlefield abilities triggered. Sometimes you’ll have an instance where multiple creatures die at the same time; when this occurs, all of them will “see” each other leave the battlefield. This can allow a creature like Requiem Angel to trigger […]
In Limited events without decklists, you can change your deck between matches.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Slight changes to this article have been made in light of the new Magic 2014 rules update. See below. Limited can be a blast, especially at Regular REL (the Rules Enforcement Level that Friday Night Magic, prereleases, and other more ‘casual’ events are held at). At Regular REL, the rules are a little […]
Two paired Stern Mentors can only mill a total of 4 cards each turn.
Ah, this one reminds me of when Slivers were Standard-legal! This one’s pretty easy, actually. If you pair a to something, both creatures gain the ability to tap to mill 2. So what happens when you pair two Mentors together? Well, not much. A lot of people might think that the abilities ‘combine’ to mill […]
Sun Titan can get auras onto your opponent’s hexproof creatures.
I know this blog mostly covers Standard and Limited, but I personally play a whole lot of Commander. One tricky thing that comes up there a lot is how you can slap Auras onto dudes with Hexproof or Shroud. The trick to it is that Auras only target when you cast them as spells. If […]
You can animate your Inkmoth Nexus in time to cast a miraculous Revenge of the Hunted on it.
More Miracles! A frequent question about Miracles with targets is WHEN they target. For today’s question, more specifically, we’ll look at and . I’ve heard a few people think that if you top-deck Revenge, you won’t have ‘time’ to animate Nexus to get the buff. However, this is incorrect. You don’t pick a target for […]
How your Consecrated Sphinx interacts with your opponent’s Miracle.
What happens when your opponent draws a card with miracle while control a ? If he or she chooses to reveal it, a couple things happen. Both the miracle ability and Consecrated Sphinx’s ability trigger, and they’re put on the stack in active player/nonactive player order (meaning the nonactive player’s ability goes on the stack […]
If you have limited mobility, you can request a fixed seat for a tournament.
This one is actually a little close-to-home for me, because I have a few friends who are somewhat disabled. For them, getting up and fighting the crowds to get to the pairings each round, then fighting the crowd to get back to a specific table is almost impossible, or extremely painful. So, if you have […]
How Deadeye Navigator and Phantasmal Image interact.
A question that many judges hear nonstop is “Will X save my ?”. The answer to that is almost always no; countering the spell that was aimed at it, trying to bounce/blink your Image in response, giving it Hexproof in response, etc.; none of these things will save it from its own sacrifice trigger [or […]
Mental Misstep won’t stop a Miracle.
So, I’ve had some interesting questions come up regarding Miracles, but one that I’ve heard more than the others is what their converted mana cost (CMC) is. Usually it’s because of someone windmill slamming a topdecked , or , or for their Miracle cost, and someone else trying to stop it with . After all, […]