Extort in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
If you want to read this, you’ll need to pay the tax. The extort mechanic drains opponents while making it harder to challenge your position in the game.
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Everything You Need to Know About Triggered Abilities in Magic
Abilities on creatures, artifacts, planeswalkers, and enchantments are especially prevalent throughout the game, and they’re essential to making a lot of decks function. You have to pay mana or other resources to activate some abilities, but...
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Combat Damage in Magic: All Your Rules Questions Answered
Magic is one of the easiest games to pick up and learn, but it’s also one of the most complicated in terms of rules and interactions, especially the rules for combat. How does the game handle combat damage, and how does combat damage work...
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Delirium in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Today I’m talking about delirium. No, not Delirium the card, delirium the ability. Which does feel pretty close to madness name-wise, but it doesn’t really work like it.
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Tribute in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Tribute ended up being kinda bad, and it was never reprinted outside of its debut set, Born of the Gods. But if you happen to love forcing foes into tough choices, and your deck happens to love +1/+1 counters, there might be something here for...
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Experience Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Einstein said: “The only source of knowledge is experience,” and that’s as applicable to Magic: The Gathering as it is to physics. Personal knowledge based on your lived events shapes your worldview and decision-making processes either...
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Morph in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Today I take you on a journey to explore one of my favorite mechanics in the game: morph. This mechanic is nearly 25 years old and makes for some of the most exciting gameplay Magic has to offer. I explore how the mechanic works, how it plays...
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Phasing in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
This article just appeared for you, so today I talk all about the mechanic known as “phasing”! Phasing is a static ability that’s been around for nearly the whole life of the world of Magic but has rarely been used. You may catch a glimpse of...
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Here’s Exactly How the Upkeep Works in Magic: the Gathering
Magic is wildly complex, with a solution to every possible situation involving a mess of cards, but still simple enough to be understood by young children at its fundamental level. Today I’m focusing in on the upkeep step and answering some...
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Modified in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
We’ve had to redefine terms of commonly occurring conditions of cards in Magic over time. Today I’m looking at the latest of these terms introduced in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty: modified.
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Transform in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
How does transform work, and how has it been implemented over the years? Which are the best transform cards? If you’re not interested, perhaps I can change your mind!
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Coven in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Three’s the charm, they say. And it’s also a crowd, or so the saying goes. But in Magic, three’s a coven, although with a caveat: The coven’s three members must have different power values. Those are the coven’s...
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