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HomeTag: MTG abilities

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Endure in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Endure in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

alexis April 1, 2025 MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Abzan has always been at the intersection of life and death. The color combination has also been a good space for some of Magic’s most fundamental mechanics: +1/+1 counters, and tokens. With Tarkir: Dragonstorm, we now have a mechanic that puts...

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Shroud in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Shroud in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Karl Schulz (Karlomancer) March 6, 2025 Collecting, Deckbuilding, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

On today’s MTG mechanics menu we have shroud.

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The 72 Best Activated Abilities in Magic Ranked

The 72 Best Activated Abilities in Magic Ranked

Timothy Zaccagnino February 7, 2025 Collecting, Deckbuilding, MTG Cards

Spells in Magic are pretty easy to understand, even for first-time players; cast a spell, the spell does what it says. Simple. Activated abilities are a touch more complicated.

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Double Strike in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Double Strike in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Ignacio (Iñaki) January 28, 2025 Deckbuilding, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Words are what make up the entire game when it comes to Magic. I’ve come to realize that one specific ability players tend to get confused by a lot is double strike. I think a lot of players just read it and realize it’s such a powerful ability...

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Fortify in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Fortify in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Herko Kerghans January 1, 2025 Collecting, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Best cards, plural, may be overstating this keyword ability a bit: as it turns out, there’s exactly two cards with the fortify keyword in all MTG. The same is true for fortification, the artifact subtype associated with the fortify keyword...

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Kicker in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Kicker in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Pedro Furtado (djorso) November 19, 2024 MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Cards in MTG have an essential problem tied to the mana system. If I fill my deck with cheap cards, I won’t have power in the late game. If my card is all expensive cards, I risk not getting to the late game alive. Kicker aims to solve this...

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Vigilance in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ

Vigilance in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ

Pedro Furtado (djorso) September 30, 2024 Collecting, Deckbuilding, MTG Rules

Today I’m going to cover one of Magic’s first mechanics: vigilance. Let’s talk about vigilance, the key concepts, and the best cards.

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Undying in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Undying in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Sky Mason (darthjacen) September 18, 2024 Deckbuilding, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Some creatures die easier than others. But creatures with the undying keyword come back stronger after death. This is a simple keyword that saw play in Standard and is now a staple of Modern.

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Flash in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Flash in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

David Royale September 17, 2024 Deckbuilding, MTG Rules

Today I’ll be covering flash in our favorite card game. This a mechanic we’ve seen in the last couple years on infamous cards like Embercleave. Let’s find out why this mechanic is so popular and the scariest cards with it!

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All 12 Outlast Cards in Magic Ranked

All 12 Outlast Cards in Magic Ranked

Steve Vrooman September 8, 2024 Collecting, Deckbuilding, MTG Cards

“Outlast has the problem where the cards look worse than they actually are,” wrote Mark Rosewater of the unpopular Khans of Tarkir mechanic. Maybe these cards are more useful than you remember?

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Bargain in MTG: Rules, FAQ, and Best Cards

Bargain in MTG: Rules, FAQ, and Best Cards

Chris Reay September 3, 2024 Collecting, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Wilds of Eldraine brought a selection of new mechanics along with it, including bargain as the “it’s just kicker” mechanic of the set. It makes a lot of spells quite a bit better for (potentially) just a small added cost.

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Fabricate in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ

Fabricate in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ

Steve Vrooman August 9, 2024 MTG Cards, MTG Rules

A question for creature-based strategies in Magic has always been whether to go tall or go wide. Should you have a really big creature, or lots of little ones? Fabricate is a mechanic that lets you choose the option you most need when you cast...

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