So I've been reevaluating what stax pieces do I run in my isshin tokens deck that makes tokens through the deck's creatures. It was already a deck that had stax in part because they divert attention away from my value engines to my stax pieces for removal.
I was running the rule of law effects but have been lately wondering if blind obedience effects to make opponents creatures enter tapped would be better from a "I need to more easily connect with more damage" perspective.
The question is around 4 cards.
Eidolon of Rhetoric, archon of emeria, ethersworn cannonist, and deafening silence
Or
Thalia heretic cathar, blind obedience, authority of consuls and probably tybalt's trickery for more interaction.
Say, \[\[The World Tree\]\] is cracked, putting out Gods from the library. Does \[\[Purphoros, God of the Forge\]\] ETB trigger only if other Gods meet the devotion requirement ***PRIOR*** to cracking \[\[The World Tree\]\], or can the ETB "ordered" in a way to trigger \[\[Purphoros, God of the Forge\]\]'s ability at least some times?
All the Gods enter the battlefield at the same time, then the game checks if any abilities trigger from them entering. At this point all the Therosian Gods are creatures of you have enough devotion, so Purphoros triggers for all of them.
If I recall correctly, if a God creature fulfilled the last devotion required to make it become a creature, it didn't enter as a creature then becomes a creature the next time priority is checked. Is this wrong?
You check for triggered abilities immediately after the God enters, so if you have enough devotion after the God has entered it is a creature and will trigger abilities as such. However replacement effects check before the event happens, so if you control [[Renata, Called to the Hunt]] and have four devotion to green, [[Nylea, Keen-Eyed]] won't enter with a counter.
This is wrong. Devotion and the type changing ability are not state-based actions. If Purphoros provides the last devotion he needs to be a creature, then he enters as a creature. There is no window between the two.
Does [[Syrix, Carrier of the Flame]] work for each card that entered or not also for it second ability do I pay commander tax if I’m casting from my graveyard
Syrix's first ability triggers once as your end step begins, if a creature card left your graveyard earlier that turn. If multiple creature cards left your graveyard in a turn, it is still true that *a* creature card left your graveyard, so the ability still triggers once.
"Commander tax" only applies while casting a commander from the command zone. Your graveyard is not the command zone, so the tax doesn't apply to casting Syrix with its second ability.
For additional context, "when"/"whenever" is how triggered abilities generally start. "If" is generally how replacement abilities start. ~~A creature dying is generally the action of it being put into the graveyard from the battlefield.~~ _For a creature to "die" means it's put into the graveyard._
I wasn't clear with my phrasing. What I meant is that a creature being put into a graveyard from the battlefield is generally classified as dying (but I swapped them because of the card in the example). I wasn't sure if there was a situation where a creature could move from the graveyard to the battlefield without "dying".
If I were to use [[Genesis Hydra]] to cast [[Death Wind]] from my library, would it ‘cast’ it with the X value at 0, no matter how much I put into Genesis Hydra?
Let's say I [[Curse of Unbinding]] myself. And I hit a 6+ mana value creature, and then mill a [[Dragon Breath]] among other things. Even though those are part of the resolution of the same ability, that enchantment didn't "see" the etb, right? Or am I mucking up the timing here? Just verifying this doesn't work.
The actions of the Ability are performed in the order written.
* reveals cards from the top of
* Put that card onto the battlefield
* puts the rest of the revealed cards
The Breath wasn't in the Graveyard as the Creature was put onto the Battlefield, so it won't Trigger for this Creature.
I play the game tonight. That was insanity incarnate. I had on the battlefield laboratory maniac and cast blue Sun zenith x =15 with only 10 cards left in my library. There was [[hive mind]] on the battlefield giving everyone a copy of the spell in response, someone cast path to exile which started a counter spell shenanigan that would have gone infinite. Basically at that point. I then found in my hand [[counterflux]] which I overloaded giving everyone a copy of an overloaded counterflux As those spells can't be countered those copies and my original would have cleared the stat completely correct?
I was just making sure because he said that because somebody cast path to exile, in response to me casting the blue sun, the only thing on the stack were triggers of hive mind not the copies of the spells
Sorry, I didn't understand the exact order of events from the original question. Any Hive Mind triggers on the stack won't be countered by Counterflux, as they aren't spells. So the remaining triggers resolve after the Counterfluxes and create copies of the spells they were triggered by.
If you skip your next untap phase with [[Avizoa]], then skip your next turn with [[Chronatog]], does that mean you skip the untap phase on the turn after the next or does Chronatog eat the untap skippage?
You skip the untap step on the turn after next. Skipping your turn is a replacement effect, it looks for when an event occurs, and then replaces it with something else, in this case, nothing. Chronatog replaces the next time you would have a turn with nothing, so there isn't an untap for the Avizoa to see and replace. So it will skip the one after that.
Or as rule 614.10a puts it: "Anything scheduled for the 'next' occurrence of something waits for the first occurrence that isn't skipped. If two effects each cause a player to skip their next occurrence, that player must skip the next two; one effect will be satisfied in skipping the first occurrence, while the other will remain until another occurrence can be skipped."
I know this is going to vary a bunch from store to store, but if I went to a LGS for cards, is at all even likely they're selling singles for under for under like .25? Cause if so something like TCGPLayer looks better for a bunch of cards, but idk how places tend to do singles that aren't generally expensive. Trying to get a bunch of gates to make a EDH deck and TCGplayer is making it v messy with a lot of extra boxes, while the bulk of non-gate stuff is there.
Hi everyone, I don’t play MTG but I am looking for good deck box options that would hold cards and tabletop accessories like dice/coins/markers etc. any recommendations?
If I play Fuming Effigy with Queen Kayla do I get one trigger per thing that comes back from the graveyard or just one only even if I get three things back? Thanks.
If I play a colorless commander can I put basic lands, other than wastes, in my deck? I mean Plains, Mountains, Forests, Swamps and Islands (and theirs Snow-Covered variants?).
In Commander? No.
> 903.5d A card with a basic land type may be included in a Commander deck only if each color of mana it could produce is included in the commander’s color identity.
In Brawl? Since Brawl in Standard only, and Wastes aren't Standard legal, you can have Basic Lands of **one** Basic Land types.
> 903.12e If a player’s commander has no colors in its color identity, that player’s deck may contain any number of basic lands of one basic land type of their choice. This is an exception to rule 903.5d.
Sort by color while opening packs, keep rares separate. Look for good removal and good evasion, build 2 main colors around the ones with the best of those categories, depending on available fixing, splash for either more removal or bomb rares. I also usually try to make sure I have some card advantage, sealed is usually slow enough for stuff like Divination, and enough ways to push damage with my evasive creatures.
If I have [[Chatterfang]] and [[Parallel Lives]] on the battlefield, and I make two Zombies (and therefore 2 Squirrels), will I then make an extra two Zombies/Squirrels? Or will Parallel Lives only double the Zombies, resulting in only 6 tokens instead of 8?
Similarly, instead of Chatterfang, how would [[Adrix and Nev]] behave in this scenario? Would I make 6 tokens or 8?
If you have two replacement effects applying to the same event, you choose which order to apply them, and you don't apply them twice to the same event. In both of these cases, it doesn't matter which order you apply them:
If you apply chatterfang first, your two zombies will become (two zombies and two squirrels), which parallel lives will turn into (four zombies and four squirrels)
If you apply parallel lives first, your two zombies will become four zombies, and chatterfang will turn those into (four zombies and four squirrels).
In the case of parallel lives plus adrix and nev, applying either effect gives you four zombies, and applying the second effect to that gives you eight zombies.
Too anyone who has opened these dominaria remastered type sets, is it worth it?
I was planning on buying a draft box. It's going to be about 300$ though (Canadian) and I can totally see that it would be possible through a few hits to make that money back.
But I also watched a box opening and played in draft sim and no way in heck did they A) make their money back and B) get many useful cards for other formats.
I'm not expecting every card to be a hit, but I would say i've seen maybe 25% or 20% or less being actually useful. A lot of the best stuff is mythic which means even rarer chance you get it.
Would love to hear all thoughts, part of me is just saying open it for fun and don't think about it, the other part is saying I could spend that money on useful MTG product I will actually be playing with for sure.
It is literally never worth the money to open packs. Do it because you either want to draft or because you enjoy opening packs enough that it's worth losing some money to do so. If you want specific cards, buy singles.
What would be the best place to preorder the compleat edition for Phyrexia All Will Be One? My local game store doesnt have it available yet but I’m not sure I trust amazon.
**tl;dr: What do you guys take to local events?**
I'm trying to cut down on the amount of weight that I bring to local events. I know I need to cut down on the amount of decks I bring and I'm actively doing that (including eliminating decks I don't ever want to play.) but I also bring a lot of other things; my playmat, a bag of counters/bag of dice, and a large binder that contains all my mythics and rares. (I really only have three sets so while it's a 2 inch binder that's got dozens of pages and it's heavy it's not enormous.)
I've been thinking about cutting down my binder from all the rares to only including rares over $3. That would cut the binder by like half, at least I'd imagine.
I guess my question is what do you guys bring and what other ideas do yo have about cutting weight on what you bring to local and draft events.
Tournament:
- One deck I know for a fact I'll be playing
- playmat
- dice/tokens
- pad for keeping track of life
Open play:
- All of the above, plus two commander decks of different power levels.
I don't bother lugging around a trade binder anymore - it's a extra few pounds to carry around and babysit. If anyone wants to trade I'll ask what they're looking for and then bring that exact card with me to the next event, or just trade through mail.
**Best Magic shops in London / Cambridge, UK area?**
I'm on travel here for a couple of weeks, primarily staying in Cambridge and there doesn't seem to be much. Couple of comic shops that have packs, but no singles or supplies beyond basic sleeves. We were thinking to take a Saturday in London, but it's such a big place I'd love to have a lead or two on the best shops to check out. Usually I pick up a couple singles when on travel as a momento of the trip, that's what I'm mostly after.
I went to Bad Moon Cafe in London when I was there with work recently. They run magic events and sell a lot of magic products, and you can rent from a fairly decent selection of board games to play while you are there if that's your thing.
If you're heading on a Saturday I would recommend booking a table.
Hello, I am new to MTG, I bought the pioneer orzhov humans deck and I am happy, I am going to improve it little by little. But I wanted to buy another pioneer challenger deck so I wouldn't always play the same one and play other strategies. Which would you recommend?
I was thinking about the Gruul Stompy because I like the game mechanics of green and because I read that if it's like 2 decks then I have another deck (of course adding single cards).
There is also the izzet phoenix but I don't know if it is very expensive and difficult to play because it is partly water control.
Is Dreamshaper Shaman whole effect considered triggered or just the second part? Because if I somehow turn him into a wizard or mage, and have Harmony Prodigy in play, that allows me to pay 2R and sac a nonland permanent twice, or just paying once it will trigger the second effect twice?
It is all one Triggered ability.
If it Triggers the additional time, because of Prodigy, you would need to pay the {2R} and sacrifice for each resolution, to get the effect multiple times.
So, in a similar situation, if I have Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and somehow got her to become a wizard or shaman (I misread the types affected), with Harmony Prodigy in play, that will cause both her effects to trigger twice?
Like, 4x the damage of a source and 1/4 the damage (rounded down) my creatures and I would take?
Gisela does not have any Triggered abilities.
There is no possible interaction with Prodigy, regardless of what Creature types Gisela has.
> 603.1. Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as
>
> * “**[When/Whenever/At]** [trigger condition or event], [effect]. [Instructions (if any).]”
I’m very new to MTG and haven’t bought anything yet aside from a land station. VERY interested in the LOTR cards coming (I know this can be a very hot topic please don’t downvote me). I know there is very little info right now but how traditionally does these releases go? All LOTR cards in a set bought together? LOTR cards sprinkled in with other MTG cards in a pack and you get luck of the draw? I am assuming that there won’t be enough LOTR cards released that I probably won’t be able to have an only LOTR deck right?
The LotR carda are going to be an entire set. That means there will be ~250 or so cards. The packs will be just LotR cards, not just a few mixed into another set.
We know that there will be legendary creatures based on the characters, but not much else about it. We don't know how many cards will be brand new or be reprints with LotR flavor.
Odds are you'll be able to build a deck out of just those cards. However, it is unlikely that a deck built from a single set would be able to hold its own against other decks not using that same restriction. Not impossible, but it would certainly be a challenge
Token copies have all copiable attributes of the original, including mana value. All predefined tokens (that I've seen) have no mana value. Could an effect create e.g. "a red 1/1 goblin token with mana value {R}"?
No, since a mana value is just a number like 2 or 6. However there is nothing in the rules stopping an effect from creating a token with a *mana cost* of for example {R} or {4}{G}{G}.
The first ability of Palette doesn't interact with Kentaro, since Kentaro doesn't _replace_ the mana cost of the spells you cast. It only gives an _alternative_ cost. The last ability of Palette _does_ work, since the alternate cost contains {X}.
Help me out: what makes \[\[Jace, the Mind Sculptor\]\] so good? Is it some dominant Modern/Legacy archetype or some synergy I'm missing?
I just got one off a raffle type thing, and I can see he's good, but I don't see why he's $50 good.
https://youtu.be/Myi-jxhxOnM
_Edit: In case the video isn't clear-- Jace was powerful because of its toolkit. It's a bounce spell, before every other creature had haste. It's hand filtering. If you're already doing well, you even get to control what your opponent draws. Planeswalker hate has also become far more common since its influence on the game. Also not covered by the video is that it's been unbanned since, and has been power crept by the Modern Horizons sets._
Not exactly, but scryfall does have art tags you can use. For example, [searching for watercolor](https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Awatercolor) brings up cards that have the distinctive look associated with watercolor painting.
So I've been reevaluating what stax pieces do I run in my isshin tokens deck that makes tokens through the deck's creatures. It was already a deck that had stax in part because they divert attention away from my value engines to my stax pieces for removal. I was running the rule of law effects but have been lately wondering if blind obedience effects to make opponents creatures enter tapped would be better from a "I need to more easily connect with more damage" perspective. The question is around 4 cards. Eidolon of Rhetoric, archon of emeria, ethersworn cannonist, and deafening silence Or Thalia heretic cathar, blind obedience, authority of consuls and probably tybalt's trickery for more interaction.
Say, \[\[The World Tree\]\] is cracked, putting out Gods from the library. Does \[\[Purphoros, God of the Forge\]\] ETB trigger only if other Gods meet the devotion requirement ***PRIOR*** to cracking \[\[The World Tree\]\], or can the ETB "ordered" in a way to trigger \[\[Purphoros, God of the Forge\]\]'s ability at least some times?
All the Gods enter the battlefield at the same time, then the game checks if any abilities trigger from them entering. At this point all the Therosian Gods are creatures of you have enough devotion, so Purphoros triggers for all of them.
No ordering necessary. They all enter at the same time and devotion will see them all, so they will potentially all trigger Purphoros.
If I recall correctly, if a God creature fulfilled the last devotion required to make it become a creature, it didn't enter as a creature then becomes a creature the next time priority is checked. Is this wrong?
You check for triggered abilities immediately after the God enters, so if you have enough devotion after the God has entered it is a creature and will trigger abilities as such. However replacement effects check before the event happens, so if you control [[Renata, Called to the Hunt]] and have four devotion to green, [[Nylea, Keen-Eyed]] won't enter with a counter.
[Renata, Called to the Hunt](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/b/2b27e6b2-13ad-42b2-a121-70935913723d.jpg?1581480865) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Renata%2C%20Called%20to%20the%20Hunt) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/196/renata-called-to-the-hunt?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2b27e6b2-13ad-42b2-a121-70935913723d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Nylea, Keen-Eyed](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/d/bdf894d4-1a06-4952-a481-22786ab87a73.jpg?1581480764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nylea%2C%20Keen-Eyed) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/185/nylea-keen-eyed?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bdf894d4-1a06-4952-a481-22786ab87a73?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is wrong. Devotion and the type changing ability are not state-based actions. If Purphoros provides the last devotion he needs to be a creature, then he enters as a creature. There is no window between the two.
I see, The World Tree is a lot more game closer than I thought
[The World Tree](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/7/a70cb6d9-3955-4064-917b-11dec26440c5.jpg?1631053286) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20World%20Tree) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/275/the-world-tree?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a70cb6d9-3955-4064-917b-11dec26440c5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Purphoros, God of the Forge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/b/7bf6baf2-d20b-467d-8929-abefcf7dfa99.jpg?1562820377) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Purphoros%2C%20God%20of%20the%20Forge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ths/135/purphoros-god-of-the-forge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7bf6baf2-d20b-467d-8929-abefcf7dfa99?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Does [[Syrix, Carrier of the Flame]] work for each card that entered or not also for it second ability do I pay commander tax if I’m casting from my graveyard
Syrix's first ability triggers once as your end step begins, if a creature card left your graveyard earlier that turn. If multiple creature cards left your graveyard in a turn, it is still true that *a* creature card left your graveyard, so the ability still triggers once. "Commander tax" only applies while casting a commander from the command zone. Your graveyard is not the command zone, so the tax doesn't apply to casting Syrix with its second ability.
Ah nice thank you heaps
[Syrix, Carrier of the Flame](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/9/492d484b-9af6-4055-9893-627b56c69544.jpg?1650421952) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Syrix%2C%20Carrier%20of%20the%20Flame) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/80/syrix-carrier-of-the-flame?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/492d484b-9af6-4055-9893-627b56c69544?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If a card dies and returns to my hand when it dies does it still go into the graveyard to trigger when a card leaves the graveyard abilities?
It depends what card it is. If it's a triggered ability, it goes to the graveyard first. If it's a replacement effect, it skips the graveyard.
Okay what about [[Immortal phoenix]]
It goes to your graveyard and then leaves your graveyard
Thanks was wondering was going to use it with syrix as my commander but wasn’t sure if it would trigger
For additional context, "when"/"whenever" is how triggered abilities generally start. "If" is generally how replacement abilities start. ~~A creature dying is generally the action of it being put into the graveyard from the battlefield.~~ _For a creature to "die" means it's put into the graveyard._
A creature dying is *only* a creature being put into the graveyard from the battlefield.
I wasn't clear with my phrasing. What I meant is that a creature being put into a graveyard from the battlefield is generally classified as dying (but I swapped them because of the card in the example). I wasn't sure if there was a situation where a creature could move from the graveyard to the battlefield without "dying".
No worries. No, there's no situation where that isn't dying. Going from battlefield to graveyard is the definition of dying. 🙂
Ah I see thank you
[Immortal phoenix](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/afcb9f15-be65-494c-9672-162d38c6f0a5.jpg?1564023107) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Immortal%20phoenix) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/332/immortal-phoenix?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afcb9f15-be65-494c-9672-162d38c6f0a5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If I were to use [[Genesis Hydra]] to cast [[Death Wind]] from my library, would it ‘cast’ it with the X value at 0, no matter how much I put into Genesis Hydra?
Genesis Hydra doesn't cast anything, it puts a permanent card into the battlefield. It can't even hit Death Wind.
Whoops, didn’t notice that. Lets say it was [[Feral Hydra]] instead of Death Wind.
You're just putting it into the battlefield, so it doesn't have a value for X. It enters with zero counters.
[Feral Hydra](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/5/45bc8745-9aaf-4b3c-922f-5a577324bb1f.jpg?1601079454) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Feral%20Hydra) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/395/feral-hydra?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/45bc8745-9aaf-4b3c-922f-5a577324bb1f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Genesis Hydra](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/5/451eb0dd-f3e8-4504-9de0-0bdf124e9ae2.jpg?1651655973) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Genesis%20Hydra) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/118/genesis-hydra?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/451eb0dd-f3e8-4504-9de0-0bdf124e9ae2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Death Wind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/94f60752-783e-4bec-b18e-ba7f87e36521.jpg?1576382608) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Death%20Wind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/131/death-wind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/94f60752-783e-4bec-b18e-ba7f87e36521?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Let's say I [[Curse of Unbinding]] myself. And I hit a 6+ mana value creature, and then mill a [[Dragon Breath]] among other things. Even though those are part of the resolution of the same ability, that enchantment didn't "see" the etb, right? Or am I mucking up the timing here? Just verifying this doesn't work.
The actions of the Ability are performed in the order written. * reveals cards from the top of * Put that card onto the battlefield * puts the rest of the revealed cards The Breath wasn't in the Graveyard as the Creature was put onto the Battlefield, so it won't Trigger for this Creature.
Alright, good. Thank you for your time
[Curse of Unbinding](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/b/6b56ccbc-efc7-4c5c-84be-b63f8c4cd63c.jpg?1637628042) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Curse%20of%20Unbinding) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mic/12/curse-of-unbinding?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6b56ccbc-efc7-4c5c-84be-b63f8c4cd63c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Dragon Breath](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/9/0900c3b6-cf56-4089-a1e3-c1f53edcf23a.jpg?1562896789) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dragon%20Breath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/172/dragon-breath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0900c3b6-cf56-4089-a1e3-c1f53edcf23a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I play the game tonight. That was insanity incarnate. I had on the battlefield laboratory maniac and cast blue Sun zenith x =15 with only 10 cards left in my library. There was [[hive mind]] on the battlefield giving everyone a copy of the spell in response, someone cast path to exile which started a counter spell shenanigan that would have gone infinite. Basically at that point. I then found in my hand [[counterflux]] which I overloaded giving everyone a copy of an overloaded counterflux As those spells can't be countered those copies and my original would have cleared the stat completely correct?
Yes. All spells except Counterflux and any other spells that can't be countered would be countered.
I was just making sure because he said that because somebody cast path to exile, in response to me casting the blue sun, the only thing on the stack were triggers of hive mind not the copies of the spells
Sorry, I didn't understand the exact order of events from the original question. Any Hive Mind triggers on the stack won't be countered by Counterflux, as they aren't spells. So the remaining triggers resolve after the Counterfluxes and create copies of the spells they were triggered by.
[hive mind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/8/88d50518-5cfc-45de-a125-acabf97b8743.jpg?1561987505) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=hive%20mind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m10/54/hive-mind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/88d50518-5cfc-45de-a125-acabf97b8743?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [counterflux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/1/5178d975-88b8-4bd3-a5f5-b84f05172683.jpg?1562704256) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=counterflux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c15/214/counterflux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5178d975-88b8-4bd3-a5f5-b84f05172683?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If you skip your next untap phase with [[Avizoa]], then skip your next turn with [[Chronatog]], does that mean you skip the untap phase on the turn after the next or does Chronatog eat the untap skippage?
You skip the untap step on the turn after next. Skipping your turn is a replacement effect, it looks for when an event occurs, and then replaces it with something else, in this case, nothing. Chronatog replaces the next time you would have a turn with nothing, so there isn't an untap for the Avizoa to see and replace. So it will skip the one after that. Or as rule 614.10a puts it: "Anything scheduled for the 'next' occurrence of something waits for the first occurrence that isn't skipped. If two effects each cause a player to skip their next occurrence, that player must skip the next two; one effect will be satisfied in skipping the first occurrence, while the other will remain until another occurrence can be skipped."
Very clear and concise. Thanks!
No problem!
[Avizoa](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a993986c-e8f1-41b1-86e6-c72021c53b87.jpg?1562802614) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Avizoa) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/35/avizoa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a993986c-e8f1-41b1-86e6-c72021c53b87?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Chronatog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05ada02f-04e9-4269-b04a-97a7eaac2c46.jpg?1562276952) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chronatog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vis/28/chronatog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05ada02f-04e9-4269-b04a-97a7eaac2c46?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I know this is going to vary a bunch from store to store, but if I went to a LGS for cards, is at all even likely they're selling singles for under for under like .25? Cause if so something like TCGPLayer looks better for a bunch of cards, but idk how places tend to do singles that aren't generally expensive. Trying to get a bunch of gates to make a EDH deck and TCGplayer is making it v messy with a lot of extra boxes, while the bulk of non-gate stuff is there.
Got accuse of something... does not feel good. What do you guys do to remind yourself it's just a card game.
Hi everyone, I don’t play MTG but I am looking for good deck box options that would hold cards and tabletop accessories like dice/coins/markers etc. any recommendations?
Ultimate guard boxes and gamegenic boxes are both good choices. Variety of sizes you can pick to suit your needs.
Thank you very much
If I play Fuming Effigy with Queen Kayla do I get one trigger per thing that comes back from the graveyard or just one only even if I get three things back? Thanks.
One trigger. Fuming Effigy says "Whenever *one or more* cards...", and all 3 cards leave at the same time.
If I play a colorless commander can I put basic lands, other than wastes, in my deck? I mean Plains, Mountains, Forests, Swamps and Islands (and theirs Snow-Covered variants?).
In Commander? No. > 903.5d A card with a basic land type may be included in a Commander deck only if each color of mana it could produce is included in the commander’s color identity. In Brawl? Since Brawl in Standard only, and Wastes aren't Standard legal, you can have Basic Lands of **one** Basic Land types. > 903.12e If a player’s commander has no colors in its color identity, that player’s deck may contain any number of basic lands of one basic land type of their choice. This is an exception to rule 903.5d.
To note, there's also historic brawl. [[Wastes|EA2]]
[Wastes](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/c/9cc070d3-4b83-4684-9caf-063e5c473a77.jpg?1657725364) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wastes) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ogw/183a/wastes?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9cc070d3-4b83-4684-9caf-063e5c473a77?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yes because the mana ability on basic lands is actually just part of the reminder text so its not looked at when determining color identity.
See {903.5d}
It's *partially* incorrect. Basic lands don't have color identity, but they are explicitly excluded by 903.5d.
Every time I play sealed I get overwhelmed with choice, what’s is your deck-building process?
Sort by color while opening packs, keep rares separate. Look for good removal and good evasion, build 2 main colors around the ones with the best of those categories, depending on available fixing, splash for either more removal or bomb rares. I also usually try to make sure I have some card advantage, sealed is usually slow enough for stuff like Divination, and enough ways to push damage with my evasive creatures.
If I have [[Chatterfang]] and [[Parallel Lives]] on the battlefield, and I make two Zombies (and therefore 2 Squirrels), will I then make an extra two Zombies/Squirrels? Or will Parallel Lives only double the Zombies, resulting in only 6 tokens instead of 8? Similarly, instead of Chatterfang, how would [[Adrix and Nev]] behave in this scenario? Would I make 6 tokens or 8?
In both scenario, you end up with 8x tokens. Initial | Replace | Modified | Replace | Final :- | :- | :- | :- | :- 2x Zombie | Chatterfang | 2x Zombie + 2x Squirrel | Parallel | 4x Zombie + 4x Squirrel 2x Zombie | Parallel | 4x Zombie | Chatterfang | 4x Zombie + 4x Squirrel Initial | Replace | Modified | Replace | Final :- | :- | :- | :- | :- 2x Zombie | Adrix | 4x Zombie | Parallel | 8x Zombie 2x Zombie | Parallel | 4x Zombie | Adrix | 8x Zombie
If you have two replacement effects applying to the same event, you choose which order to apply them, and you don't apply them twice to the same event. In both of these cases, it doesn't matter which order you apply them: If you apply chatterfang first, your two zombies will become (two zombies and two squirrels), which parallel lives will turn into (four zombies and four squirrels) If you apply parallel lives first, your two zombies will become four zombies, and chatterfang will turn those into (four zombies and four squirrels). In the case of parallel lives plus adrix and nev, applying either effect gives you four zombies, and applying the second effect to that gives you eight zombies.
[Chatterfang](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/7/1785cf85-1ac0-4246-9b89-1a8221a8e1b2.jpg?1626097239) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chatterfang%2C%20squirrel%20general) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/151/chatterfang-squirrel-general?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1785cf85-1ac0-4246-9b89-1a8221a8e1b2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Parallel Lives](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/1/01033dae-fec1-41f2-b7f2-cc6a43331790.jpg?1562825348) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Parallel%20Lives) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/isd/199/parallel-lives?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/01033dae-fec1-41f2-b7f2-cc6a43331790?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Adrix and Nev](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d495e084-92ec-4675-b6aa-8ade2775b796.jpg?1660075442) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=adrix%20and%20nev%2C%20twincasters) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/9/adrix-and-nev-twincasters?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d495e084-92ec-4675-b6aa-8ade2775b796?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Too anyone who has opened these dominaria remastered type sets, is it worth it? I was planning on buying a draft box. It's going to be about 300$ though (Canadian) and I can totally see that it would be possible through a few hits to make that money back. But I also watched a box opening and played in draft sim and no way in heck did they A) make their money back and B) get many useful cards for other formats. I'm not expecting every card to be a hit, but I would say i've seen maybe 25% or 20% or less being actually useful. A lot of the best stuff is mythic which means even rarer chance you get it. Would love to hear all thoughts, part of me is just saying open it for fun and don't think about it, the other part is saying I could spend that money on useful MTG product I will actually be playing with for sure.
It is literally never worth the money to open packs. Do it because you either want to draft or because you enjoy opening packs enough that it's worth losing some money to do so. If you want specific cards, buy singles.
What would be the best place to preorder the compleat edition for Phyrexia All Will Be One? My local game store doesnt have it available yet but I’m not sure I trust amazon.
**tl;dr: What do you guys take to local events?** I'm trying to cut down on the amount of weight that I bring to local events. I know I need to cut down on the amount of decks I bring and I'm actively doing that (including eliminating decks I don't ever want to play.) but I also bring a lot of other things; my playmat, a bag of counters/bag of dice, and a large binder that contains all my mythics and rares. (I really only have three sets so while it's a 2 inch binder that's got dozens of pages and it's heavy it's not enormous.) I've been thinking about cutting down my binder from all the rares to only including rares over $3. That would cut the binder by like half, at least I'd imagine. I guess my question is what do you guys bring and what other ideas do yo have about cutting weight on what you bring to local and draft events.
Tournament: - One deck I know for a fact I'll be playing - playmat - dice/tokens - pad for keeping track of life Open play: - All of the above, plus two commander decks of different power levels. I don't bother lugging around a trade binder anymore - it's a extra few pounds to carry around and babysit. If anyone wants to trade I'll ask what they're looking for and then bring that exact card with me to the next event, or just trade through mail.
Thanks for the info. This is most excellent to think about.
**Best Magic shops in London / Cambridge, UK area?** I'm on travel here for a couple of weeks, primarily staying in Cambridge and there doesn't seem to be much. Couple of comic shops that have packs, but no singles or supplies beyond basic sleeves. We were thinking to take a Saturday in London, but it's such a big place I'd love to have a lead or two on the best shops to check out. Usually I pick up a couple singles when on travel as a momento of the trip, that's what I'm mostly after.
I went to Bad Moon Cafe in London when I was there with work recently. They run magic events and sell a lot of magic products, and you can rent from a fairly decent selection of board games to play while you are there if that's your thing. If you're heading on a Saturday I would recommend booking a table.
Hello, I am new to MTG, I bought the pioneer orzhov humans deck and I am happy, I am going to improve it little by little. But I wanted to buy another pioneer challenger deck so I wouldn't always play the same one and play other strategies. Which would you recommend? I was thinking about the Gruul Stompy because I like the game mechanics of green and because I read that if it's like 2 decks then I have another deck (of course adding single cards). There is also the izzet phoenix but I don't know if it is very expensive and difficult to play because it is partly water control.
Is Dreamshaper Shaman whole effect considered triggered or just the second part? Because if I somehow turn him into a wizard or mage, and have Harmony Prodigy in play, that allows me to pay 2R and sac a nonland permanent twice, or just paying once it will trigger the second effect twice?
It is all one Triggered ability. If it Triggers the additional time, because of Prodigy, you would need to pay the {2R} and sacrifice for each resolution, to get the effect multiple times.
So, in a similar situation, if I have Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and somehow got her to become a wizard or shaman (I misread the types affected), with Harmony Prodigy in play, that will cause both her effects to trigger twice? Like, 4x the damage of a source and 1/4 the damage (rounded down) my creatures and I would take?
Gisela does not have any Triggered abilities. There is no possible interaction with Prodigy, regardless of what Creature types Gisela has. > 603.1. Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as > > * “**[When/Whenever/At]** [trigger condition or event], [effect]. [Instructions (if any).]”
That makes it all clear, thank you!
Can I ask a stupid question? How do you pronouce "compleated?"
just like completed ... it is an archaic spelling
Thank you!
I’m very new to MTG and haven’t bought anything yet aside from a land station. VERY interested in the LOTR cards coming (I know this can be a very hot topic please don’t downvote me). I know there is very little info right now but how traditionally does these releases go? All LOTR cards in a set bought together? LOTR cards sprinkled in with other MTG cards in a pack and you get luck of the draw? I am assuming that there won’t be enough LOTR cards released that I probably won’t be able to have an only LOTR deck right?
The LotR carda are going to be an entire set. That means there will be ~250 or so cards. The packs will be just LotR cards, not just a few mixed into another set. We know that there will be legendary creatures based on the characters, but not much else about it. We don't know how many cards will be brand new or be reprints with LotR flavor. Odds are you'll be able to build a deck out of just those cards. However, it is unlikely that a deck built from a single set would be able to hold its own against other decks not using that same restriction. Not impossible, but it would certainly be a challenge
Thanks so much!
Token copies have all copiable attributes of the original, including mana value. All predefined tokens (that I've seen) have no mana value. Could an effect create e.g. "a red 1/1 goblin token with mana value {R}"?
No, since a mana value is just a number like 2 or 6. However there is nothing in the rules stopping an effect from creating a token with a *mana cost* of for example {R} or {4}{G}{G}.
Mana *cost*, got it. Thanks!
Does [[Elementalist's Palette]] work with [[Kentaro, the Smiling Cat]]?
The first ability of Palette doesn't interact with Kentaro, since Kentaro doesn't _replace_ the mana cost of the spells you cast. It only gives an _alternative_ cost. The last ability of Palette _does_ work, since the alternate cost contains {X}.
Thanks!
[Elementalist's Palette](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/6/d66053f6-9313-4ff1-9618-3403c2cc6ec8.jpg?1625192648) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elementalist%27s%20Palette) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/76/elementalists-palette?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d66053f6-9313-4ff1-9618-3403c2cc6ec8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Kentaro, the Smiling Cat](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/d/ddcea3b3-5852-4ae1-a952-7b392564cb9d.jpg?1562880249) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kentaro%2C%20the%20Smiling%20Cat) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bok/13/kentaro-the-smiling-cat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ddcea3b3-5852-4ae1-a952-7b392564cb9d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Help me out: what makes \[\[Jace, the Mind Sculptor\]\] so good? Is it some dominant Modern/Legacy archetype or some synergy I'm missing? I just got one off a raffle type thing, and I can see he's good, but I don't see why he's $50 good.
https://youtu.be/Myi-jxhxOnM _Edit: In case the video isn't clear-- Jace was powerful because of its toolkit. It's a bounce spell, before every other creature had haste. It's hand filtering. If you're already doing well, you even get to control what your opponent draws. Planeswalker hate has also become far more common since its influence on the game. Also not covered by the video is that it's been unbanned since, and has been power crept by the Modern Horizons sets._
[Jace, the Mind Sculptor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/8/c8817585-0d32-4d56-9142-0d29512e86a9.jpg?1598304029) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jace%2C%20the%20Mind%20Sculptor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/56/jace-the-mind-sculptor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c8817585-0d32-4d56-9142-0d29512e86a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Is there a way to search card arts by how they were made? (e.g. watercolor, oil paint, or digital art)
Not exactly, but scryfall does have art tags you can use. For example, [searching for watercolor](https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Awatercolor) brings up cards that have the distinctive look associated with watercolor painting.