MTG Arenafollows the same rules as the tabletop card game. Players use decks of cards that generate five colors of mana, and play cards that consume mana to call for creatures, cast defensive and offensive spells, and activate effects or unique abilities. Complete the tutorial, build your prof...
In this format, you'll build a Commander-style deck around a legendary creature or Planeswalker and play 1v1 games on MTG Arena. TIMELESS Timeless is MTG Arena’s largest Constructed format where every card is legal. Make a deck with the most powerful cards throughout Magic history. This ...
Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example). 14/06/19 As you activate a ninjutsu ability, you reveal the Ninja card in your hand and return the attacking creature. The Ninja...
Hearthstoneis able to support more complex AOE and card modification. Spells can strike all or groups of cards for certain, random, or variable damage — and work in combination with modifiers like shield, stealth (can’t be attacked), taunt (must attack first), or enrage (extra abilities ...
2025/1/24Emerge represents two static abilities that function while the spell with emerge is on the stack. “Emerge [cost]” means “You may cast this spell by paying [cost] and sacrificing a creature rather than paying its mana cost” and “If you chose to pay this spell’s emerge cos...
Creaturesare the backbone of Magic: The Gathering. They’re the onlypermanentspellsthatattackandblockincombat, and these days theirabilitiesrival the effects of the most powerfulinstantsandsorceries, so much so that we’ve invented the colloquial term “… on a body” to represent this. ...
Creatures often have other abilities too, like this Colossal Dreadmaw, which can trample over a smaller creature. Enchantmentsusually represent some kind of magical force, and they can have all sorts of useful abilities. This Warleader’s Call makes all your creatures stronger and deals damage to...
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It will not overwrite effects that modify power or toughness (whether from a static ability, counters, or a resolved spell or ability), nor will it overwrite effects that set power and toughness which come into existence after the ability resolves. Effects that switch the creature's power and...
If a creature is entering the battlefield under your control, consider static abilities to determine whether its power is 4 or greater. Spells, activated abilities, and triggered abilities can’t be used to raise the creature’s power in time to have Temur Ascendancy’s last ability trigger or...