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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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Sacrifice inferno fist after creature died
By the time you could activate Inferno Fist's ability, it will already be in your graveyard. This is because state-based actions in the Combat Damage Step will see lethal damage on your enchanted crea …
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Can you bring cards with altered art to FNM?
The tournament rules have the following to say about alters:
3.3. Authorized Cards
(...)
Artistic modifications are acceptable in sanctioned tournaments, provided that the modifications do not make t …
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Questions on banding and combat damage
For this question, it's important to note that damage assignment happens in the Combat Damage step, but damage assignment order happens in the Declare Blockers Step.
Main Question
You will be able to …
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Borborygmos Enraged's ability around dying in combat
The ability triggers, but you can't use these lands to activate Borborygmos Enraged's ability
The ability triggers when Borborygmos Enraged deals combat damage, even if at the same time it's dealt let …
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What happens if both players have the ability to pump their creature an unlimited number of ...
The game doesn't end in a draw
This is true in any case, and I haven't seen it mentioned in here before. Here's the rule for games ending because of a loop of actions:
104.4b. If a game (...) somehow …
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Can activated abilities be used multiple times on a single target?
Activated abilities can be activated as many times as a player can pay for it, assuming it can legally be activated.
In this case, the ability requires to pay 2 life, two mana, and target a creature c …
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Hexproof and the stack
With only a few exceptions, spells only have an effect once they resolve.
Just like you can cast Blossoming Defense in response to their Fiery Temper to save your creature before it would be killed, y …
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Why do effects that exile a card from the graveyard use the characteristics the card had in ...
Normally, effects that involve cards changing zones will look at the characteristics of the object in the zone the object came from, also known as its last-known information.
608.2g If an effect requ …
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Question about mana.
Mana pool and mana abilities
Mana is a resource stored in a so-called pool, which means players keep track of it, but it's not represented by anything usually (though players may choose to use counter …
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Damage Trample and Lifelink which cause Damage
Assuming nothing else happens, in the combat damage step, P1's creature will deal 2 damage to P2 (and 1 damage to P2's creature), and P2's creature will deal 1 damage to P1's creature.
Lifelink modifi …
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How do I resolve inconsistencies between the rules committee Commander rules and the compreh...
How to Resolve Inconsistencies
First, try to determine whether there are actually any inconsitancies. For example, the mtgcommander.net forums have their very own thread discussing the matter of Devoi …
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When do you have to decide whether or not to use a "May" effect?
First of all, they only trigger simultaneously, but they're put on the stack in an order you choose the next time a player would receive priority. They will then resolve last-in-first-out.
603.2. Whe …
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Does untapping a creature save it from a spell that destroys a tapped creature?
Yes, you can save the creature in this situation by untapping it in response
Murderous Compulsion, like every other targetted spell or ability, checks whether its targets are legal both when you choos …
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Can I rebound a spell that exiles itself?
According to several sources (see below), you won't get to cast it again. I'm quoting an explanation very fitting from Cranial Insertion:
It won't rebound. Rebound works by replacing the normal proce …
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Magic The Gathering: keyword for power at least X
There is no such keyword ability, and no other word used in that specific context. Whenever a card has an effect that depends on the power of the creature, it's usually phrased as an English sentence, …
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