{"id":2716,"date":"2012-11-15T09:43:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T00:03:16","slug":"deathrite-shaman-wont-make-mana-without-a-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2012\/11\/deathrite-shaman-wont-make-mana-without-a-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Deathrite Shaman Won&#8217;t Make Mana Without a Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><img  style='float:left'  class='lems-mtg-cardimg' src='http:\/\/gatherer.wizards.com\/Handlers\/Image.ashx?size=small&type=card&name=Deathrite Shaman'><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Deathrite+Shaman&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Deathrite Shaman<\/a> is making a splash in Modern lately, and sees some play in Standard due to it helping to slow down reanimator-type strategies, as well as giving some Zombie decks an extra way to bleed their opponent for the last few points of mana. One of the reasons that it sees a good deal of play in Modern&#8217;s Jund decks is that it can be used as a mana dork in that format, due to the abundance of fetchlands present in the format, especially in the Jund deck itself. However, Shaman&#8217;s ability to make mana is less useful in Standard because there&#8217;s not as many ways to get lands into the graveyard, and you MUST have lands in the graveyard to make mana. Deathrite Shaman&#8217;s first ability is actually not a mana ability; a mana ability is defined by the rules as an ability that has no targets, is not a loyalty ability, and could add mana to a mana pool when it resolves. Shaman&#8217;s ability targets, meaning that the ability is NOT a mana ability; it uses the stack, and it can be responded to. So even if you do have a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Ghost+Quarter&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Ghost Quarter<\/a> or an <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Evolving+Wilds&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Evolving Wilds<\/a> or a milled\/discarded land in your graveyard to make mana with, your opponent can legally respond with a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Cremate&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Cremate<\/a> or by cracking his <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Tormod%26%238217%3Bs+Crypt&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Tormod&#8217;s Crypt<\/a> to stop you, and your Shaman&#8217;s ability will fizzle due to no legal targets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s rules tip written by Trevor Nunez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>is making a splash in Modern lately, and sees some play in Standard due to it helping to slow down reanimator-type strategies, as well as giving some Zombie decks an extra way to bleed their opponent for the last few points of mana. 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