Lands are unique because they are ‘played’ but not ‘cast’. They are permanents when they’re on the board, but aren’t considered spells, and never go on the Stack. Lands don’t cost any mana, but you can usually only play one a turn, and like other MTG card types, you can ...
The pre-combat main phase starts with any abilities triggered by the start of the main phase joining the stack – then the active player gets priority, so they are free to use instant-speed cards. After the stack has emptied, the active player can also play non-instant cards for the firs...
The face-down card on the battlefield is a Colorless 2/2 creature with no name, creature type, mana cost, or abilities. Flipping a face-down creature up doesn’t use the stack, which means an opponent can’t respond to the action. You may flip at any time. A player attempting to r...
as explained in my overview of the MTGO economics system here. The boom and bust cycle of MTGO is rapid, sometimes occurring within a matter of hours. Additionally, users can short MTGO positions, an opportunity that is fairly unique outside of the stock market. The method for having...
Learn how to play the Paradox Engine Combo deck inside and out for the Magic: The Gathering Arena's best-of-one (bo1) Explorer format.
All of today’s math will come from theCollecting Phyrexia: All Will Be Onearticle, or explained using that math as a basis. That article has specific percentages, which I’ll copy over. Also, we need to refer to this image to talk about what slot has what: ...
I would start with 17 lands, remove a land for each spell-land I don’t mind playing as a land (so as I explained above, if the land is strong enough that I want it as a spell, then I would just count it as one) and then adjust for the following: If I have 1-2 Spell-land...
“The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out of the door,” Trump said in the Truth Social post. “Republican Senators need to Show Up and Hold the Line — No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!” ...
If a single spell has multiple instances of Cascade, each triggers separately.These go on the Stack at the same time, and youcanchoose what order they go in – but each effect is identical, so it really doesn’t matter. For example, let’s look at the card above, which has two sepa...
Enter the keyword Flash – here comes a card ability that has unlimited potential to mess with the MTG stack and the overall state of play. Spells that couldn’t be used to counterattack suddenly can be, and those pesky creatures are popping up everywhere. Flash has been around in some ...