How the Heartless Summoning + Havengul Lich combo works.

As you might have guessed by now, we’re doing a special Combo Week this week! I got saddled with (in my opinion) the most hilarious combo in Standard right now: Heartless Lich. But how does it work? First, you need to control and a . You also need a (either in the graveyard or in […]

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Myr Superion can be played for free with Heartless Summoning.

has an ability that requires all mana that is spent to play it be generated by creature sources. However, it is possible to bypass this restriction by lowering the cost of the Superion enough that no mana is paid to cast it. The ability basically means, “You may not spend mana from a noncreature source […]

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When Solemn Simulacrum comes and goes at virtually the same time.

First seen in Mirrodin, is an invitational card based on a designed submitted by Jens Thorén. It was recently reprinted in the Magic 2012 Core Set. It has two different triggered abilities: one that triggers when it enters the battlefield, and one that triggers when it dies. In most cases, it will enter the battlefield […]

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Back from the Brink has an activated ability, it doesn’t allow you to cast creature spells.

is an enchantment from Innistrad that allows you to reuse creature cards that are in your graveyard. Whenever you could normally cast a sorcery, you can exile a creature card in your graveyard and pay the mana cost of that card to put a token copy of the exiled card onto the battlefield under your […]

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