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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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How does Lavinia, Azorius Renegade interact with K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth?

So my question is how would Lavinia, Azorius Renegade interact with K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth if someone used K'rrik's abilities to just pay the life to cast a spell instead of paying mana? e.g. ...
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Multiple fight triggers on one creature

So with Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves forcing entering wolves to fight, if I make 4 2/2 wolf tokens and send all at an 8/8 I know they won't all fight it at once. But would the 8/8 still die? Was wanting ...
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What is the correct timing to play removal in order to stop a Niv-Mizzet + Curiosity combo?

We were playing a game of commander the other day. Player 1 already controlled Niv-Mizzet, Parun going into their turn. On their turn, they cast Curiosity, targeting Niv-Mizzet. I warn the table that ...
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Do Lands count as permanents? Did I find a bug in Magic Arena?

I played a match with Chromatic Orrery on the battlefield. I had no creatures, no enchantments or anything else on the field but around 10 Lands of 7 different types. 7 mixed and 2 single colors and ...
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Activating Golos during another player’s turn

Golos, Tireless Pilgrim's ability can be activated during another players turn, but does doing so allow you to still play the cards if it is not your turn? The ability text says you may play those ...
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Does Oko, Thief of Crowns come in a planeswalker deck, or only as an individual card?

I can't find anything about this on Google, Bing or Stack Exchange. Does Oko, Thief of Crowns come with a planeswalker deck, or separately? By separately, I mean in booster packs and stuff like that.
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Can a deck with a mono-colored commander have cards with other colors than its commander in it?

The basic rules for building a Commander deck state: All cards must be in the color identity of the commander Then the rules summary continues with: COLOR IDENTITY A card's color identity can come ...
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Intentionally Fizzling Mandatory ETB Effect

Can one stack several mandatory triggers on one target in such a way to make the consecutive triggers Intentionally fizzle? The situation is you have several mandatory ETB creatures coming into play (...
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When is someone the controller of a permanent?

My dad and I have an issue since we play with cards with Ascend. We both play with auras with Enchant Creature. When is an aura under who’s control? I think when he plays an aura on a creature I ...
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Suspend spells and outpost siege

Let's say I have Outpost Siege in play with Khans chosen. I exile the top card of my library during my upkeep, that card being Wheel of Fate. Am I able to play Wheel of Fate for free, or is it exiled ...
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How would Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker's triggered ability work with the Strionic Resonator?

How would Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker's triggered ability work with the Strionic Resonator? My interpretation is that the ability would trigger twice, but only on the original player that took the ...
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Does Equinox counter Desolation Angel if it's kicked?

Can the ability granted by Equinox counter Desolation Angel if the angel is kicked. Or is it considered to be indirectly destroying lands as it requires it to enter the battlefield first?
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Whenever you gain life put a counter. At the end of turn or by each time you gain life?

I control an Archangel of Thune and a Seraph of Dawn. My opponent attacks and I block with seraph of dawn. I gain life, do I put the counter right away on my archangel of thune so I can block the ...
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Does Coat of Arms work on various Artifact Creatures?

So I decided that it would be fun to start an artifact deck, and was wondering if I could use Coat of Arms to give +1/+1 to an Artifact Vehicle and an Artifact Creature Construct if they were the only ...
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Crypt incursion on servos

Will Crypt Incursion work on artifact creatures such as snakes that have been destroyed? I tried it on my friend who made 22 snake artifact creatures and almost all of them died so they went to his ...
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What If I don't want it to layer

The situation is as follows: Aiden has a Battlegate Mimic on the battlefield. I control two Wilderness Hypnotists. Aiden casts a Scourge of the Nobilis, targeting the Mimic; after that resolves ...
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Azor's paradox resonator

If I have a least one Paradox Haze on the battlefield, and during my upkeep tap the Strionic Resonator targeting Azor's Elocutors upkeep ability, would the ability copy twice or would I need a ...
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Reanimating a creature with undying

A creature with undying has already come back to the battlefield due to its ability (and gained the +1/+1) dies again. Raise Dead is cast and once more returns that creature to the hand, which is then ...
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"Beginning of end step" question

Situation: I have a Crested Sunmare and a Soul Warden on the battlefield, I play Lone Rider and gain 1 life through Soul Warden. I play another creature and gain another 1 life through Soul Warden. ...
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Ordering of triggered ability and ETB effect

Suppose I have a Rhonas's Monument and a 1/1 creature token on the field and I play an Ornery Kudu, putting the -1/-1 counter on the token and giving it +2/+2 via the Monument trigger. Does the ...
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MTG Gatherer Regular Expressions whitespace

How do I represent white space in a phrase on gatherer's advanced search? I read the help, and I've used regexes before, but I can't get this to work for me. AND lifelink NOT m/until\send\...
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Sacrificing as part of a command, to fulfill other costs? [duplicate]

It is covered well in other questions that sacrificing one creature cannot fulfill the requirements for two abilities that are both activated abilities (have 'Sacrifice a creature: do something', like ...
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How does Terrarion work?

I am a bit confused of the artifact card Terrarion. Does this card allow me to gain 2 mana of any color forever when I tap 2 mana, tap Terrarion, and sacrifice it? Or do I only gain that mana for that ...
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2 Hg Team damage vs player damage

So trying to read the 2HG format rules, and i'm not sure i understood how does it works. Any team has a shared life pool starting from 30. Any damage to a player is taken from the shared hp, so when ...
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Can Aphotic Wisps be cast on a black creature that has fear?

As the title asks, can I cast Aphotic Wisps on a creature like Dross Prowler that already has fear and is already black? In the same vein (I don't see why it would be different, but Magic is complex),...
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When does Devotion change & when does a god's type change?

A friend of mine said that he was playing a game of magic when he went to use Suspension Field on his opponent's Keranos, God of Storms. Keranos had enough devotion to be a creature at the time ...
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Can my deck have fewer cards after sideboard? [duplicate]

Traditionally, you're supposed to have 60 cards in your main deck, and 15 cards in your sideboard. But let's say that I had 64 cards in my main deck and 15 cards in my sideboard. For game 2 & 3, ...
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Kindle the carnage, repercussion and safe passage

Let's say I have Repercussion on the table and I cast Kindle the Carnage. Can an opponent prevent the damage done by repercussion after Kindle the Carnage has resolved? A mate and I are in a debate ...
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Magic: The Gathering Sorcery vs Activated Abilities

The question I have is for a hypothetical situation where even though rules state(if I read correctly) that activated abilities are in their own unique stack to their owner. Player A plays a field ...
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How is infect a fair mechanic? [closed]

Thee infect mechanic from Scars of Mirrodin has never seemed fair to me in any way. All of the game's win conditions have always been equally difficult to achieve: dealing 20 damage, milling an ...
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What is the name of this red creature card

In Magic the Gathering I played a guy that was using a mono - red goblin deck which exploited Impact Tremors ability with a certain creature that "blinks" out of the game when another spell is cast ...
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What does it mean that only permanents are legal targets for spells or abilities?

I just noticed rule 114.2 in the comprehensive rules: 114.2 Only permanents are legal targets for spells and abilities, unless a spell or ability (a) specifies that it can target an object in ...
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What is the "Timeshifted" rarity?

I'm confused about the "Timeshifted" cards. I looked at the Wizards of the Coast rarity scale. How rare are they and are they valid in Modern? (example Undertaker)
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order of attack and blocking with a creature with modifying other creature's ability

Suppose a situation where you have a Paragon of Gathering Mists and another creature, say X, with 3/3 on the battlefield. PGM is 2/2 and X becomes 4/4 because of PGM. When I attack a player with both ...
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Can I use Plaxcaster Frogling to temporarily shut off Species Gorger's ability?

I'm currently working on a deck which is built around Species Gorger and its ability to return creatures I control to my hand. In order to make my deck work as intended, I need a way to "turn off&...
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Chained to the Rocks and shocklands

Chained to the Rocks says: Enchant Mountain you control. When Chained to the Rocks enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Chained to the Rocks leaves the battlefield....
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shapesharer and verdant force

Say I have a Shapesharer copy an opponents Verdant Force. The Verdant Force puts a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield at the beginning of each upkeep. The Shapesharer becomes a ...
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Where is the Wizards of the Coast Offical Commander (General) banned list?

I just got destroyed in Commander (EDH). Worst part of it is that the deck that killed me can do it over and over. It has a guaranteed 4-5 turn win. (EVERY TIME) It felt a bit broken to me, so I ...
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Does "each creature" include all creatures on the battlefield?

I'm referring to Pyroclasm. I want to make sure it deals damage to all creatures on the battlefield.
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Sensei's Divining Top activations

A player in a competitive REL tournament pays 1 mana to activate Sensei's Divining Top's ability to look at the top 3 cards of his library, looks at the 3 cards, changes the order and put them ...
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Can a creature with Ninjutsu attack a different target as the creature it replaces?

Consider the following situation: It is player A's turn. Player A has 3 1/1 creatures. Player B has 1 1/1 blocker and a planeswalker at 2 loyalty. Player A has all of their creatures attack the ...
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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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Once-each-turn Abilities with Controller Changes

Quirion Ranger has an ability with the restriction :"Activate only once each turn". If the ability is activated, then later on the same turn control of the Ranger changes, can the new ...
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If Orcish Bowmasters are destroyed by a Lethal Scheme, does it trigger off the connives?

Suppose Alice controls Orcish Bowmasters. Bob, Alice's opponent, casts Lethal Scheme by tapping four or creatures for its convoke. Lethal Scheme resolves. During its resolution, Lethal Scheme destroys ...
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Does casting Tainted Strike on a creature with toxic keyword cause both toxic and infect to trigger?

When determining the effects of combat damage, given that toxic is defined as "Any time a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a player", does casting Tainted Strike on a creature with ...
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Can I play instants between taps due to Hidden Strings?

I've resolved a Hidden Strings spell. It says "You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent. Cipher". I tap the first permanent. Now, do I have a ...
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Does Vela the Night-Clad’s effect affect creature tokens?

I was going to cast Vela the Night-Clad after I had a bunch of creature tokens to cause them to have intimidate. Would this work the way I expect, or does the effect not apply to them?
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How would Glasspool Mimic (or other clones) resolve if cloned target is removed

If I cast Glasspool Mimic targeting a Lord of Atlantis that I control, and in response to the spell going on the stack, my opponent casts Petty Theft targeting the same Lord of Atlantis, how would ...
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MTG Corrupted Roots and Contaminated Ground

I have in my hands the cards Contaminated Ground and Corrupted Roots. Let's suppose that I target a Forest for my Corrupted Roots. Now, if I cast Contaminated Ground on that same Forest I have a doubt ...
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What would be the ramifications of a card that had every name?

Cards exist that have every creature type (Changeling, This card has every creature type). What would be the fun and interesting ramifications of a card which had every card name? A quick search on ...
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