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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 should I determine whether a deck is legal in a particular format?
I have a list of cards for a deck I want to build or buy. What should I do to check whether that deck is legal in a particular format (Standard, for example)?
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If a protection effect "doesn't remove Auras", can auras that are not cast be placed on the ...
The card Spectra Ward has this ability:
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from all colors. This effect doesn't remove Auras.
The rulings on the card say that you can't cast more A …
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In what order are continuous effects applied across multiple objects?
In the Magic Comprehensive Rules, rule 613.1 says
The values of an object’s characteristics are determined by starting with the actual object. For a card, that means the values of the characterist …
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How does Haktos the Unscarred's protection ability work if no number was chosen?
Haktos the Unscarred has an unusual pair of abilties:
As Haktos enters the battlefield, choose 2, 3, or 4 at random.
Haktos has protection from each converted mana cost other than the chosen number.
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What exactly is affected by the new rule 614.16?
In the Ixalan Comprehensive Rules Update Bulletin, one of the sections says that rule 614.16 is changing, with this explanation:
This new rule hops in and bumps the existing 614.16 down. The new r …
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If creatures enter the battlefield attacking, do they have to attack Gideon Jura?
If my opponent activates Gideon Jura's first ability targeting me, and I attack with a Kessig Cagebreakers, do the tokens have to attack Gideon?
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How does Charmed Pendant interact with Reaper King?
Charmed Pendant has the ability
{T}, Put the top card of your library into your graveyard: For each colored mana symbol in that card's mana cost, add one mana of that color to your mana pool. Activat …
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What happens if each player has a copy of the same Archetype?
Archetype of Endurance (from Born of the Gods) is a card that says
Creatures you control have hexproof
Creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and can't have or gain hexproof.
If both I and m …
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Is there any interaction between hypothetical continuous effects?
Consider a battlefield where I control a Deadfall, a Sunweb, and a Muraganda Petroglyphs. Importantly, Sunweb says
Sunweb can't block creatures with power 2 or less.
Deadfall says
Creatures with fo …
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Will a copy of a flashed-back Increasing Vengeance still make two copies?
Increasing Vengeance says
Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If Increasing Vengeance was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies …
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Can I back out of activating an ability where my opponent chooses the target? [duplicate]
Say I have a Magus of the Arena, and my opponent and I each control other creatures. Magus of the Arena's ability is
{3}, {T}: Tap target creature you control and target creature of an opponent's cho …
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Is it possible for a Creature permanent to become a non-Creature permanent without losing it...
The Oath of the Gatewatch release notes say the following in the section about Stone Haven Outfitter:
In this context, “equipped creatures you control” and “equipped creature you control” refer to an …
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Are there any copy effects that allow the affected objects to retain original values for som...
Rule 707.9c says
Some copy effects specifically state that they don’t copy certain characteristics and the affected objects instead retain their original values. Copy effects may also simply state th …
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How does Starfield of Nyx interact with the Theros Gods?
Starfield of Nyx has the ability
As long as you control five or more enchantments, each other non-Aura enchantment you control is a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base …
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If my Consul's Lieutenant dies while its second ability is on the stack, does the ability do...
Consul's Lieutenant has Renown, and the ability
Whenever Consul's Lieutenant attacks, if it's renowned, other attacking creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
This is the scenario: it is …
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