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Tag: Cloudshift
Flickering Aurelia for Fun and Profit
As mentioned last week, the guild of Boros has this really great leader in . I mean, she has all the abilities one looks for when attacking: flying, to soar over the heads of her opponents; haste, so she can attack as soon as possible; and vigilance, to be there to defend the fort as […]
You control a trigger if you controlled its source when it triggered.
Does this work or not: You make the call! Active Player: “?” Non-Active Player: “Sure. After it resolves, I cast on my . I take your slime and use the trigger to destroy your !” Spells and abilities begin their time on the stack controlled by the player who puts them there, and triggered abilties […]
You can use Zealous Conscripts and Restoration Angel to a steal a creature permanently.
is a card that says, ʺExile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control.ʺ Normally, you will be both the controller (the player who currently controls the creature) and the owner (the player whose deck originally contained the creature). While the owner of a creature can’t change, its controller […]
How trample works when the blocker is flickered.
Questions about Trample come up a lot, and I know firsthand that it’s not always terribly intuitive. When my friends and I were first learning Magic, Trample was one of the things that constantly made us shrug and guess. However, those of you who shrug don’t HAVE to guess, because you can just come to […]
If you cast and flicker Stonehorn Dignitary, the next two combat phases will be skipped.
Each time ‘s ability resolves, it sets up a replacement effect that is extremely patient. It does not immediately decide “It’s currently turn X, so that means you skip combat in turn X+1.” Instead, it sets up a delayed effect and waits for the next time the specified event would happen. Right before your opponent […]
When you flicker a double-faced card with Cloudshift, it will always return with the day side up.
When a double-faced card (“DFC”) isn’t on the battlefield, it only has the characteristics of its front (sun) side. This means that barring odd circumstances (i.e., ‘s triggered ability), a DFC always enters the battlefield sunny-side up. This rule creates an interesting interaction when you transform a DFC and then flicker it with something like […]
You can “flicker” a creature to save it from a removal spell.
I’m excited for . Partially because it was a house at the prerelease, and partially because is one of my favorite cards. But why are both of these things true? Among other things, it’s the fact that they can be used to dodge removal very easily. Let’s use for our example. Ronny casts , and […]
A token that is “flickered” with Cloudshift is gone forever.
Yep: New Cards Week. If you haven’t guessed it by now, you don’t visit often enough! My fun card is . You can do a lot of fun things with it. You can chump block with a creature and blink it to keep it from taking or dealing damage; you can blink your attacker out […]