Questions tagged [magic-the-gathering]
Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game for 2 or more players, set in a variety of fantastical realms. Players take on the role of a powerful wizard and duel in a battle of wits, using cards that represent resources such as creatures, objects, spells and enchantments.
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Can I lose the game by flickering Platinum Angel
Suppose that I have 10 poison counters but can't lose because I have Platinum Angel in play.
If I cast Cloudshift on Platinum Angel, do I lose the game, or does it return to play before state based ...
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What is the mana value of Smelt//Herd//Saw?
The card Smelt//Herd//Saw from Magic: the Gathering has the cost of R/5G/1B.
What is its mana value? Possibilities I see include:
1: the mana value on the face of the card
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Instant theft vs activated ability [closed]
My opponent had a creature with an activated ability. He activated it to change his life total and in response I cast an instant taking control of the creature. He said the ability still resolved in ...
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Does the term "ramp" derive from the card "Rampant Growth?"
Many terms used in the context of Magic derive their names from individual cards. The usual example is to mill, which is derived from the effect of the card Millstone. Another common example is ...
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Wayta Trainer Prodigy & Non-straight forward damaging effects
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy is a pretty easy card to understand. If something being dealt damage would cause an ability to trigger it happens twice. So effects like Polyraptor would create two copies from ...
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Can you blitz adventure cards? [duplicate]
This question is related to this one.
If I destroyed an artifact with the sorcery part of Stormkeld Vanguard can I then blitz it with Henzie "Toolbox" Torre from exile?
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How many tokens are created when there are multiple doubling effects? [duplicate]
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom has the ability
Whenever a Warrior attacks, you may have its controller create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token that's tapped and attacking.
If I also have Doubling ...
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Auras, Equipment and Eater of Virtue
Do attachments on a creature being exiled with Eater of Virtue get exiled as well and does that creature keep the abilities from the any attachments that were on the creature when it was exiled?
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Trigger order Elesh Norn and Coercive Recruiter
There was card played that moved all creatures from the graveyard back to the battlefield under their owners control.
In my graveyard was Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and the opponent had Coercive ...
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Would equipping Skullclamp cause Polyraptor to trigger?
Would adding a +1/-1 token to Polyraptor with Skullclamp count as “damage” and trigger Polyraptor? I am guessing the answer is “no”. That this is just an adjustment to toughness, not damage.
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Deeproot Pilgrimage and convoke
I have a Deeproot Pilgrimage in play, and I cast a convoke spell, tapping two nontoken Merfolks. Do I get one or two Merfolk tokens?
Deeproot Pilgrimage
Whenever one or more nontoken Merfolk you ...
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Can you tap a card whenever you want?
If I have a colorless 1/1 untapped creature that has no abilities, can I just tap this card whenever I want? Or let's say I have a artifact/enchantment/planeswalker with no abilities. Can I just tap ...
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If 2 triggered abilities occur at the same time, can I play an instant before the 2nd trigger resolves?
I have a Derevi Blink deck...
I had Spark Double copy Derevi and have Skyward Eye Prophets on the field.
The when nothing as summoning sickness, I tap Skyward to have my draw or play a land. When I go ...
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Which Magic cards have format-specific errata?
The Scryfall page for Chaos Orb has a note:
If you are playing Chaos Orb in the Old School format, the card's text is “{1}, {T}: Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the ...
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Can tapping for another card, also activate that card ability? [duplicate]
If I have in play a Selesnya Evangel and tap Tolsimir Wolfblood to create a Saproling, can I create the 2/2 green/white Voja too? Thank you.
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After completing the Undercity how to order Sefris completion and enter the battlefield triggers
I am currently in the Undercity and have Sefris of the Hidden Ways on the battlefield. If I venture into the last room of the Undercity, Throne of the Dead Three, I resolve the ability by putting a ...
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Danny Pink and "enters the battlefield with"
In this recent installment of "too specific" on EDHREC.com the author argues that Metallic Mimic wouldn't be that good with Danny Pink since creatures of the chosen type enter the ...
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If I copy a clone of a double-faced card, can the copy transform?
From the rule change in MOM tokens can now transform. A clone of a double-faced card however cannot transform since it isn't doubled-faced.
What happens then if I copy the clone? Will the token copy ...
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Are these MTG cards from Cardmarket fake?
I recently bought cards from cardmarket and I suspect that some of them might be fake. The two fact that make me suspect are the unusual corners and the less rigid, more paper-like touching they have (...
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Ovika, Enigma Goliath: do free spells cause goblins?
Suppose Ovika, Enigma Goliath is on the battlefield, an opponent casts some form of targeted removal(Path to exile) at it, in response the ovika player casts Fierce Guardianship for free.
question is: ...
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Morritte of the Frost copying Dark Depths
Moritte of the Frost may enter the battlefield as a copy of a permanent you control. Dark Depths enters the battlefield with 10 ice counters on it. If I have Moritte enter as a copy of my Dark ...
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What happens with multiple Blood Moons and Magical Hack?
There are 2 Blood Moon in play and I cast Magical Hack changing the wording of one of them from mountains to swamps.
What happens to my Tundra?
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Change from target all to target one
Can you change the target of a spell that would normally target all creatures to instead target one.
Eg; say my opponents have been mean and found some way to get an obnoxious amount of obnoxiously ...
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land that temporarily became a land creature and the graveyard
I'm casting Wrenn and Realmbreaker. I'm using her +1 to make a land a creature until my next turn. My opponent during his turn casts Invoke Despair and so I have to sacrifice my land creature (as its ...
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Does Edgar Markov's Eminence ability trigger with Maskwood Nexus?
I was playing with an Edgar Markov deck and a question came up: would using Maskwood Nexus' tap ability:
3, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling (It is every creature ...
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How do instant speed effects work after blockers have been declared? [duplicate]
I attack with my Goblin Balloon Brigade and opponent blocks it with Savannah Lions. In response I pay one red mana to make my goblins flying. What happens?
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Can I choose 0 targets for Terror of the Peaks?
My Terror of the Peaks triggers when my creatures entered the battlefield. My opponent responds to the trigger with Teferi's Protection and phases out along with his board. Can I submit 0 targets ...
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How does Eye for an Eye work if my opponent casts a lethal Fireball on me
My opponent and myself are at 5 life points. He casts a Fireball of 5 targeting me and I respond with Eye for an Eye so we both take five points of damage. Does my Eye for an Eye resolve first, ...
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How does the Ozolith work with undying?
If a creature with undying and a +1/+1 counter dies when The Ozolith is on the battlefield, is the counter removed so that the undying ability makes the creature come black to the battlefield?
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Can a mono white with the option to use green mana or life to be transformed be used in a mono white deck? [closed]
I don't know the best way to word it in the title, but I have a mono white card that has the option to use green mana or life to transform the card. Now since the card color is white is it good to use ...
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Does Damping Sphere make Baldur's Gate not able to produce all colors of mana?
Let's say Damping Sphere is in play and so is Baldur's Gate (with 2+ other Gates). Is Plaza of Harmony still able to tap for all colors of mana?
The idea is that, if there are 2+ other Gates, then ...
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Playing Leyline of the Void followed by Helm of Obedience: what happens?
Say in classic game, I play Leyline of the Void or any card with a similar effect.
Say I then play Helm of Obedience, and my opponent has no cards with a relevant effect.
My opponent will then proceed ...
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When casting a spell that lets you distribute X +1/+1 counters among creatures you control, how do you submit less than X creatures?
I cast Stolen Goodies, the adventure half of Picnic Ruiner:
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control.
I controlled three creatures, but I only wanted to add ...
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Since the active player controls planes in the Planechase variant, does protection from a player protect a creature from planes too?
Alice and Bob play a game of Planechase. Bob controls a True-Name Nemesis and has chosen Alice as it entered the battlefield; the current plane is Mount Keralia with one pressure counter on it.
It is ...
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Why are some cards out of collector number sequence in MTG:Lord of the Rings
If you sort cards by collector number for MTG: Lord of the Rings, you see that almost all the white cards have collector numbers of 1-18:
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=set&q=%...
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Would exiled cards from Gorex be usable after it dies? [duplicate]
I'm curious how a card like Gorex, the Tombshell works when it says "choose a card at random exiled with Gorex". Take a deck with 4 Gorex in it, does each one only pull from the creatures ...
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Can an opponent respond to me sacrificing a creature with Diamond Valley?
I tap a Diamond Valley I control to sacrifice one of my creatures, and my opponent responds by removing my creature with Swords to Plowshares (or similar spell). Do I still get the increase in life ...
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Can the Treasure token from Collectors Vault be used to pay for Madness cost?
If I tap Collector's Vault and discard a Fiery Temper, can I use the mana from the treasure token that Collector's Vault produces, to pay for the madness cost of Fiery Temper?
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If a Ring-bearer loses all abilities, does that include The Ring's abilities?
While playing Arena, I enchanted my opponent's Slimefoot, Thallid Transparent, which was their Ring-bearer, with Witness Protection. I expected that Witness Protection's ability removal would remove ...
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How does Radiant Scrollwielder 2nd ability work with adventure spells? [duplicate]
Radiant Scrollwielder reads:
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If a spell cast this way would be put into ...
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Do sentence breaks, conjunctions, or "also" have any rules meaning?
Oracle rules texts have several suspicious variations which do not appear to correspond to any differences in rules meaning.
For example, they may have any of the following forms...
[Do Action A] and [...
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Does Mizzix/Reiterate/Electrodominance infinite loop work?
In theory, you use the experience counters on Mizzix of the Izmagnus to pay for the Buyback cost of Reiterate to remove it from the graveyard, allowing you to recast Electrodominance.
But, all that ...
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Goddric, Cloaked Reveler and Witness Protection
I have a Goddric, Cloaked Reveler enchanted with Witness Protection in play.
During my turn, I have two nonland permanent enter the battlefield enabling Celebration.
Is Goddric a dragon ? Is Goddric a ...
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Do Kolagan Warmonger and Recruitment Officer place cards on the bottom of the library if nothing is revealed?
Both Kolagan Warmonger and Recruitment Officer have an ability that says to look at the top 6 and 4 cards from the library, then you can show a card matching a condition from among them and put it in ...
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Constricting sliver interaction with commander creatures
Anyone able to determine (with citations) if the following interaction occurs with Constricting Sliver's effect:
Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters the battlefield, you ...
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Playing casually MTG: cheapest way to build decks
I've recently started playing MTG. It's me and a friend of mine. We play casually, we don't care if cards are old or rare, we are just looking to purchase some cards to build a few decks (ideally 4-6) ...
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What cards can stop planeswalkers from doing anything when they enter the battlefield?
I've built a deck that's working well against most things, except planeswalkers - I cannot counter them, discard them, or attack them off the board, so they always resolve and bury me in advantage.
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Can I use the Graft ability even if the creature giving the counter only has one?
So say I have Simic Initiate under my control and I cast Cytoplast Manipulator. The former’s Graft ability triggers and I choose to move its only counter onto the entering creature. Is that how that ...
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How can I search for all sweepers?
I'm looking for a search that captures all sweepers on Scryfall. Simply "Destroy all creatures" misses sweepers such as:
Languish (gives creatures -x/-x)
Farewell (exiles)
Terminus (puts on ...
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Why do some MTG cards specify "land and/or Gate"?
I've been toying with building a Maze's End Commander deck for a while now.
Digging around for cards for such a deck, I came across Navigation Orb and some other similar cards.
Why does these cards ...
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