Ride a creature to gain bonus value. Image via WotC Much like a Vehicle, the Mount & Saddle mechanic has a Crew cost. The Mount portion of the mechanic is a new creature type, while Saddle is the activated ability. Saddle definition: Saddle “N” (N equals a number that changes perMT...
The Forage mechanic inMTGhas you either exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food token to activate an ability and/or gain value from your actions. Sometimes, there’s an additional mana cost attached to the Forage mechanic. Forage definition: To Forage, exile three cards from...
Bargain isn’t atriggeredability, it's an additional cost you can pay to cast a spell.It's possible that paying the bargain cost can create a trigger (Agatha's Champion), but it's not a trigger itself. Is Bargain an Activated Ability? No, bargain isn’t anactivated ability. It can’...
Yes, but you mustmove the countersoff the creature first. The exception isBiomancer's Familiar, which has a tap ability to allow you to adapt a creature that already has counters. Is Adapt an Activated Ability? Yes. Most keyword abilities aren’tactivated abilitiesbut adapt and monstrous both...
Peacemaking can be presented by prohibiting attacking/blocking, locking down activated abilities, and converting hostility to peace. Examples: Pacifism, Recumbent Bliss, Arrest, Condemn, Swords to Plowshares, Peacekeeper.Combat superiority: Ultimately, White wants to create peace. It has no interest in...
Finally, some postprocessing is done to put the lines of a card's ability text into a standardized, canonical form. Lines with multiple keywords are split, and then we put all of the simple keywords first, followed by things like static or activated abilities. A few things always go first...
The first key pillar of strength in this list is your access to dual commanders. The partner ability has already proven to be highly effective in strategies like Tymna and Thrasios, and the synergy between Frodo and Sam is much more specific. Frodo’s role here is to leverage consistent li...
Every mode on its activated ability has wrecked me in combat. I recently cut it to free up some testing space, but I could totally see myself playing it again in a few months or if I ever go back to Mono-Red. Swarm Shambler: Mediocre at my power level. Brushfire Elemental: The ...
As a three mana counter spell with no alternate casting cost, Disallow is unlikely to ever make waves in Modern, Legacy or Vintage. In Commander however, it is one of the most useful counterspells ever printed, due to the flexibility of being able to counter activated and triggered abilities...
(the only thing that I don’t like about this card is its current $9 price tag). The toughness is higher than 3, the converted mana cost is above 4, and it has both a free incremental effect and an activated ability. While we don’t know yet how much Improvise will reduce costs,...