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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In MTG, what happens when Sakashima the Imposter copies Halcyon Glaze?
If I cast Sakashima the Imposter, copying Halcyon Glaze, what happens?
My guess is that Sakashima becomes a 4/4 Enchantment Creature - Illusion until the end of the turn (that's the current state of ...
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What is a quick way to test or simulate card strategies for deck building games?
Dominion is the specific example I would like to play with but this certainly applies to any game that involves decks of cards being shuffled and drawn.
I often see references to various simulations ...
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Why Does Magic Use The "Paris Mulligan" Rule?
In the early days, Magic had crazy, subpar mulligan rules: you could shuffle up and draw a new 7 if your hand had no lands or all lands, otherwise you were out of luck. A long time ago the Paris ...
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How should I approach teaching Magic:The Gathering to a new player?
I've been playing MtG since Ice Age (mostly with friends) so I'm now sitting on a massive duffle bag of cards, plenty of decks, and quite some experience of the game.
I want to teach the game to ...
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What happens if you steal an Elixir of Immortality and then use it?
In an EDH (Commander) game recently, Alice used Thada Adel, Acquisitor to steal an artifact out of Bob's deck, the Elixir of Immortality, and cast it.
That artifact's ability says:
{2}, {T}: You ...
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Can I use a Corpse Cur to get a Vector Asp back from the graveyard?
I attack with a Vector Asp and use his activated ability to give him infect until the end of the turn. It's blocked by a 2/2 creature and goes to the graveyard.
If I cast Corpse Cur next, can I return ...
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When is Darksteel Juggernaut's power and toughness determined? Can they change?
The relevant part of Darksteel Juggernaut's rules text states:
Darksteel Juggernaut's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
When is Darksteel Juggernaut's power ...
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How does Infect interact with Lifelink?
When a creature with Infect and Lifelink puts poison counters on a player, does the controlling player gain life? Do all abilities that trigger on combat damage still occur?
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Building a Blue Deck on a budget? [closed]
My daughter is a huge Blue card fan (she loves mermaids especially). How can I build a solid blue deck on a limited budget with easily obtainable cards?
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In Magic, when can I tap my opponent's creatures to prevent them from attacking?
Whilst I haven't played Magic in a while, use of the stack was something that I always found a little confusing. When I first started out, our group could tap an opponents attacking creature after ...
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What is a good strategy for using the Doomsday card? [closed]
Doomsday - The card text reads as follows:
Pay half your life, rounded up: Put your graveyard on top of your library, then remove all but five cards of your library from the game. Put the rest on ...
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Why would you want to play with a deck bigger than 60 cards in MTG?
In Magic the Gathering, the decks are required to be no less than 60 cards, but can be larger. Since you can only have 4 of each card (except for basic lands), it seems you would want the limit size ...
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