Excess Damage in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Some MTG cards reward going for the overkill, with different bonuses for dealing excess damage. So let’s leave finesse and efficiency aside for a bit, and deal with excess in this case!
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Tempting Offer in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Introduced in Commander 2013, tempting offer was created at the dawn of the new age of supplemental multiplayer sets. It’s one way that WotC would explore multiplayer-centric mechanics through their different product offerings
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Annihilator in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Dozens of mechanics have come and gone without much impact in Magic’s more than 30-year long history. There have been some bangers, some confusing ones, and even some mechanics that everybody absolutely hated. This mechanic had an influx of new...
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Split Second in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQs
Time Spiral was one of the most influential blocks to ever come out. It introduced split second, a mechanic that oozes flavor for the time-themed set. A callback to the old interrupt card type from the early days of Magic with a flavorful...
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Offspring in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Offspring is an additional cost you may pay when casting creatures with the offspring ability. If you choose to pay the additional cost, you get to make a 1/1 token copy of the “parent” creature when it enters.
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Revolt in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Revolt is a very simple mechanic from Aether Revolt that would probably be forgotten by now, if not for a famous removal spell.
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Expend in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
As it turns out, Bloomburrow’s raccoons are by and large the only critters in this Magic set that have stumbled upon a new mechanic: expend. Expend is a rules term that cares about how much mana you’ve spent casting spells each...
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Gifting in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
In the dynamic world of Magic: The Gathering, new mechanics often redefine how the game is played. A fascinating addition is the gift mechanic from Bloomburrow, the cutest MTG set ever. Gifts are particularly great for multiplayer formats, and...
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Landfall in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Zendikar is one of those planes that Magic just keeps coming back to. From the original Zendikar to the more recent Zendikar Rising, landfall shows up on new cards every time we visit the plane. Whether you want to learn how landfall works or...
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Madness in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Undying and delirium set this world as full of horrors from beyond the grave where people’s sanities are one bad day away from snapping. And there’s another mechanic that plays into the sanity of the characters. That’s madness, the ability I...
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Everything You Need to Know About Priority in Magic
Priority is a fundamental mechanic in Magic: The Gathering that determines who gets to play or cast cards, activate abilities, and other stuff, and when. It creates a dynamic back-and-forth between players, even during your opponent’s turn...
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Here’s Exactly How the Cleanup Step Works in Magic: The Gathering
This primer walks through what actually happens during Magic’s cleanup step. It’s all about being careful with a few corner cases so you can spot them before they sting.
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