Split Second in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
A spell with split second almost always gets the final word, but not always. There’s a reason you rarely see this mechanic outside its debut block.
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Vanishing in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
One turn they’re here, and then poof they’re gone! Magic’s vanishing mechanic puts a time limit on your permanents and forces you to use time as a resource.
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Spree in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
On Thunder Junction, not only can you commit crimes, but you can go on a crime spree. In some ways, it’s yet another kicker variant, but there’s a bit more to the spree mechanic than just that.
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Boons in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Boons are one of the few Alchemy mechanics that could make it into paper, though they’re just problematic enough that it’s probably best they stay on MTG Arena.
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Double Team in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Double Team was MTG Arena’s answer to myriad, which didn’t make sense to port over to MTGA when Baldur’s Gate arrived. Instead, we got this fairly intuitive and fun digital-only mechanic.
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Replicate in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Every good spellslinger wants to copy their spells. Replicate skips the extra cards and does it all by itself.
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Assist in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Paying for your own spells is one of Magic’s more fundamental responsibilities. But what if another player wants to give you a hand, perhaps to team up against the biggest threat? That’s when assist comes in!
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Retrace in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Have you ever found yourself wishing you could access a spell in your graveyard so you could run it back and win the game? Well, if that’s the case, retrace is the mechanic for you.
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Heist in MTG Arena: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Hesit is a digital-only mechanic developed to fit the flavor of Outlaws of Thunder Junction and its namesake outlaws, and to bolster the crime mechanic. It’s a somewhat complicated mechanic, but it’s a powerful one.
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Battalion in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
The Boros Legion hasn’t had the most stellar mechanics across the various Ravnica sets, but battalion fits the flavor of the guild perfectly.
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Conjure in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Conjure is one of the most defining mechanics of MTG’s digital-only cards. Thanks to some Mystery Booster products, you may have even encountered it in person.
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Exiling in MTG: Rules, History and FAQs
Did you know that “removed from the game” effects have been in MTG since the original Alpha set? What about the huge rework to change it to what we know now as exile? Let’s dive in.
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