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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Ulalek copying countered spell
If I cast Ulamog, the Defiler and copy it with Ulalek, Fused Atrocity, and then somebody counters the original Ulamog spell, does Ulalek still copy the Ulamog cast trigger on the stack?
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What is the fastest way to get infinite mana in Historic?
I'm looking for the combo using the fewest cards from the start of the game that allows you to generate unlimited mana using Historic-legal cards. It doesn't have to be viable or practical, but I have ...
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When a creature enchanted with Fungal Fortitude dies and returns to the battlefield, does it keep Fungal Fortitude?
Fungal Fortitude is an Enchantment - Aura , which says "When enchanted creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
So when a creature enchanted by Fungal ...
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Commit a Crime and spell copies
I wonder if copies of spells (like the ones created by Storm) trigger the "Commit a Crime" ability. The rule on the MTG wiki is as follows:
Rules
From the glossary of the Comprehensive ...
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What is the most complete collection of CR versions?
To my knowledge, this is the most complete collection of versions of the Comprehensive Rules, including a diff between successive updates. However, it has been discontinued after the Ixalan update.
Is ...
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Was using an older version of a legal card from a nonlegal set ever not legal?
In Magic the Gathering, some formats only allow you to play cards printed from certain sets.
However, some cards printed into sets are reprints of older cards - the current (black-bordered) magic ...
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In what order do spells and attraction visit abilities go on the stack when visiting attractions?
Let's say I have put different spells under different attractions using Myra the Magnificent's activated ability. The different spells are A, B, C under attraction 1, 2, 3. On my first main phase I ...
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What does "float mana" typically mean?
Normally, whenever I take an action that involves paying for an effect that is any more complicated than tapping lands, I declare that I'm floating mana. For instance:
When I tap Priest of Titania ...
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Sacrifice condition of Hope of Ghirapur [duplicate]
Can I sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur anytime? For example, a turn it hasn't dealt combat damage.
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Does Vexing Bauble counter taxed 0 mana spells?
Imagine there is a Vexing Bauble and Thorn of Amethyst in play. If I play a 0 mana artifact like Black Lotus and pay the tax collecter their dues does the zero mana artifact still get countered?
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Does "This replacement effect may apply more than once to the same event" ever matter?
There are two instances in the Magic: The Gathering comprehensive rules that say that a replacement effect may apply more than one time to the same event:
717.6. If a card with an Astrotorium card ...
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Does a card moving from Exile to Exile count as being moved?
I know the Commander replacement effect allows you to move your Commander to the Command Zone if it would be exiled or put into its owner's hand, graveyard or library from anywhere.
My question is if ...
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Do "Whenever X becomes the target of a spell" abilities get triggered by counterspell?
During a recent Game Night: Free For All game I played, the Boundless Elves player tried to cast a Thorn Lieutenant and the Glorious Combat player countered it with Counterspell.
The Thorn Lieutenant ...
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In "Take [action]. When you do, [effect]", is the action a cost or an instruction?
I've been trying to understand Wick's Patrol's triggered effect.
When Wick's Patrol enters, mill three cards. When you do, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where ...
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Are there any Gatherer rulings with an “if somehow” that can’t ever be met?
I’m hope this isn’t too obscure. It came as a curiosity. Just how precautionary is WOTC on gatherer rulings?
I’m talking about Gatherer rulings phrasings on cards such as Spark Double like:
If Spark ...
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Is there a card that cancels the Legendary Rule?
For example, I am wanting to make token copies of a legendary creature such as Progenitus using something like Progenitor Mimic. I know this is illegal by itself, but does there exist a card that ...
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How do Driftgloom Coyote and Sugar Coat interact?
In MTG, I played a Driftgloom Coyote and exiled a nontoken creature (Lilysplash Mentor) that my opponent controlled. Next turn, my opponent plays Sugar Coat on the coyote, turning it into a food:
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How much damage does the player take if I have two attackers but one dies in combat? [duplicate]
If I attack with a Leaf-Crowned Visionary and a Llanowar Elves, and my opponent blocks my Visionary with a 4/4 token without any abilities, how much damage does my opponent take?
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How do Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Realm Razer interact?
How do Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Realm Razer interact? Does it end in a draw like I think it does?
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Land comes in tapped but untapped?
If I have a Gond Gate and I cast Circuitous Route do the gates still come in tapped or do they come in untapped because of Gond gate?
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Can i use assassins creed or doctor who land cards with any card?
Can i use assassins creed or doctor who land cards with any card? I want to create my own 250 card deck but I don't know if any and all land cards are allowed??
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Echo and Flicker
If I cast a Karmic Guide and on my opponents upkeep I use Blur to flicker it on my next upkeep, do I need to pay the echo cost? I'm under the assumption that I don't due to the rules of flickered ...
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Primaris Eliminator, Hyperfrag Round - What happens to new creatures?
If Player A plays Primaris Eliminator in their first main phase, and chooses Hyperfrag Round as the mode, targeting Player B, what happens if Player B creates new creatures later within Player A's ...
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Activating Demonic hordes’s ability in response to it’s upkeep cost
Can I activate Demonic Hordes’s ability in the upkeep in response to having to play BBB?
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Does Academy Manufactor's ability trigger on creatures that "are Food artifacts in addition to their other types"?
If Academy Manufactor and Ygra, Eater of All are both on the field and a creature is played, would that creature also trigger the ability of Academy Manufactor, since it is technically a food?
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Do creatures that are artifacts because of Ygra cause mirrorworks to trigger
If I have both Ygra, Eater of All and Mirrorworks out, would me playing a creature trigger mirrorworks and thus allow me to copy it?
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Annihilator attack target is switched
If a player redirects the attack of a creature with Annihilator (such as Ulamog's Crusher) to another player using Portal Manipulator or Windshaper Planetar does the original person being attacked ...
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Ulalek + etb triggers
What if you have Ulalek, Fused Atrocity on the field and you cast an eldrazi spell with an etb like Brood Monitor do you get double etb effects on the cast and copy
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Creatures entering modified and Tribute to the World Tree
If I have a Maja, Bretagard Protector, Trostani Discordant, and a Tribute to the World Tree on the battlefield, when I create a 1/1 token the Tribute to the World Tree would see that the token ...
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Can you use Flicker of Fate to prevent a creature's death?
I use Breathe Your Last on a creature, and my opponent uses Flicker of Fate to stop its death. Does the death get prevented?
I assume one of 3 things happens:
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Fling's interaction with Rekindling Phoenix [closed]
So I've tried this twice now.
I cast Heartfire targeting an enemy creature, sacrificing a Gutterbones as part of the cost; the Gutter then ends up exiled for some reason.
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Turns out I was ...
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Choices While Resolving Missed Triggers Which Cannot Be Publicly Verified
According to the IPG, when the opponent of a player who missed a trigger chooses to put it onto the stack, "No player may make choices for the triggered ability involving objects that would not ...
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How can my blue and black deck return enchantments from the graveyard?
I’ve created a blue and black deck, the concept is to create damage with enchantments, like Dark Tutelage or Stab Wound and to neutralize creatures or spells with essence scatter and other neutralize ...
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How does the fight ability work when the creature instigating the fight is recast?
Suppose Brash Taunter's fight ability is activated targeting some other creature to fight with Brash Taunter. A stack is started with that ability on the bottom. Next Unsummon is cast targeting Brash ...
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How (if at all) do Lorcana's ink play styles correspond to those of Magic the Gathering?
Lorcana's resources are called inks, and come in 6 colours:
Amber
Amethyst
Emerald
Ruby
Sapphire
Steel
I saw in a dicebreaker video that cards requiring these resources fit a certain play style.
I ...
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Can Black Lotus alone enable the Turn 1 Channel-Fireball combo?
Reading about the rulings for Gilded Lotus, I've discovered that "add three mana of any one color" means: add three mana of a single color, not three mana of possibly distinct colors.
Black ...
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Inalla, Archmage Ritualist and Mistbind Clique interaction?
If I play a Mistbind Clique, I have to sacrifice it unless I exile another Faerie I control (and the Faerie will then return when Mistbind Clique leaves the battlefield).
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist ...
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Am I understanding Ulalek, Fused Atrocity?
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity says:
Whenever you cast an Eldrazi spell, you may pay {C}{C}. If you do,
copy all spells you control, then copy all other activated and
triggered abilities you control. You may ...
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Running a MTG draft without actually having to buy new boosters for each player every single time?
MTG drafting sounds like a really awesome way to play the game. I'd love to try it with some of my friends, but having to spent >5$ for each player every single time you want to play seems ...
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Zethi, Arcane Blademaster and split cards
When exiling a cards with Zethi, Arcane Blademaster. If I exile a split card that is half instant and half sorcery, I can only cast the instant half, correct? Example being Said//Done.
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Can I use Ulalek's ability multiple times after casting a single spell?
So my friends and I were talking about Ulalek, Fused Atrocity, the new Commander for the Eldrazi pre-con deck, and I wanted to know if the ability can be paid for more than once on just any instance. ...
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Do end of turn effects trigger if the creature dies before the end of turn?
If my opponent cast a board wipe and I flicker my Yorion, Sky Nomad to exile my board except itself. Do still get my creatures back at the end of the turn even though Yorion is dead?
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Sarkhan, Soul Aflame Becoming a dragon that entered
So I have Sarkhan, Soul Aflame as a copy of The Ur-Dragon that entered this turn. When Sarkhan attacks both Sarkhan and The Ur-Dragon's effects go on the stack, I choose to resolve Sarkhan first, draw ...
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Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm entering the field at the same time [duplicate]
So, I have Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm and a lot of other dragons in the Graveyard. I cast Eerie Ultimatum bringing all permanents back which cause a lot of ETB effects to go off but would Miirym, Sentinel ...
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Can I use black in a Genku commander deck? [duplicate]
Genku, Future Shaper is a white/blue card that includes this ability:
Whenever another nontoken permanent you control leaves the battlefield, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn. Create a ...
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What is the object under the Delver of Secrets in this video?
Link to video
Jared Boettcher starts with the object in play, then plays a Delver of Secrets on top of it afterwards. What is it?
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Can you cast a copy of a card from the battlefield if the effect creating the copy specifies that it can be cast?
I recently saw a post on r/BadMtgCombos about an interesting combo, the combo works as following (text copied from the author, credit to u/Gamesfreak13563):
First, get Transmogrifying Licid and ...
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Can someone explain to me the interaction with chains of mephistopheles and sylvan library
I totally get how Chains of Mephistopheles works with pretty much any card in any situation with any amount of chains in play except for the Sylvan Library interaction. I find it gets pretty ...
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Does Lavinia, Azorius Renegade work against Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy?
Do either of Lavinia, Azorius Renegade's abilities:
Each opponent can’t cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a ...
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Can one creature block multiple attacks?
I'm not much of a Magic player myself, although I do know a bit about the game. Recently, I got into an argument about whether one creature can block multiple creatures' attacks.
It looks like rule ...
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