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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 many artifact lands can I play a turn?

I bought the 5 artifact lands from Mirrodin to add to my artifact deck; it works with the artifact theme (having all of my cards be artifacts) and goes well with my Darksteel Juggernauts. The thing …
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How does Infect resolve in M:TG?

I'm making a poison deck and want to check the Infect rules. If a 2/2 creature with Infect is blocked by a vanilla 3/3 creature, what happens? I know the 3/3 gets two -1/-1 counters instead of damag …
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When is it worth adding nonbasic land or artifacts to your deck over basic land?

It depends on what your deck is doing. In your specific example those cards come in tapped so cannot act this turn, a basic land could, if i need one more manna to win and i top deck a guild gate you …
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I have been out of the MTG loop for the past year and i'm wondering how I can get back in

Id say draft. Its a good way to get cards, you get to use the cards as opposed to just buying boosters and you meet new people. Its the most cost effective way if you are winning more than you lose a …
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What are the possible ways to test a deck?

Naturally when you make a new deck, you test it on your friends but mine have all stabilised their tournament decks now and the game ends so quickly that I don't get a feel for how my deck flows. Wh …
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Finding places to play Magic the Gathering games

A friend of mine recently got MTG for the XBox and is talking us into getting real cards. I'm all up for starting but I dread the idea of playing the same two people over and over with no change epic …
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How is Test of Faith resolved?

This is the scenario: He attacks with a 4/4, and I block with a 1/1. I cast Test of Faith on my 1/1. I say his creature dies, because I block three damage and become a 4/4, killing him, but he says th …
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Does preventing damage also prevent poison?

These two cards were played against my poison deck. His reckoning is that I cannot put -1/-1 counters on the creature as it prevents all combat damage and infect uses damage. He also says that a …
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Am I obligated to distinguish between morphs and megamorphs when I'm casting a card face-down?

At the prerelease we asked the tournament organiser (a DCI judge) and we were told to say "morph" whether we were casting a morph or megamorph.
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Can a player redirect his attack if the defending player concedes?

The situation: Player A has 1 life and several lifelink creatures adding up to 100 power. He swings at player B who has no defenders, planning to gain 100 life. Player B concedes. Without a valid defe …
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Is it possible to generate mana at instant speed when tapped out

Phyrexian costs can be paid with 2 life instead. I can't think of any Phyrexian counterspells, but Mutagenic Growth can buff a creature for +2/+2 for 2 life. Modern Infect uses this as a defence me …
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Where can I find the story of Magic the Gathering?

I have been playing MTG for a few months now and was told that there is a story behind each set of cards. I have several small bits of the story that came with the decks, but I would like to read the …
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How do I beat U/R control with Affinity?

I play affinity and seriously struggle with control players and can't seem to find a way to win. Blue Moon has become popular recently, and while Blood Moon does not cripple my deck the constant count …
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MTG Best commander deck money can buy [closed]

The background to this is that in our group we have one player that drafts every week, goes to all the events and spends several hundred pounds on Magic each month. When we play casually he cannot und …
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How does Infinite Reflection work with Commander and commander damage?

Infinite Reflection cannot be used on your commander because all commanders have to be legendary and if you control 2 copies of a legendary permanent you must imedatly sacrifice one before any other a …
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