Outlast is an activated ability that appears on creatures, and simply states that if you pay the cost (which always involves tapping the creature), you put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. However, you can only do this at sorcery speed, during one of your main phases with nothing else on the stack. There’s almost nothing else to this. Since …
So to talk about hidden agenda, we first have to talk about conspiracies. A conspiracy is a special card type that has appeared in, fittingly enough, both Conspiracy sets. They are only legal in Limited formats, and do not go into your deck. Instead, at the start of the game, you may place any number of Conspiracy cards into the …
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Dethrone is a creature mechanic that triggers when a creature with it attacks the player who has the most life in the game, or is tied for having the most life. When they do, the creature gets a +1/+1 counter.And yeah. Pretty simple stuff here. There’s a few notes, but nothing too tricky. You have to attack a player for …
Tribute is a mechanic that appears on creatures, and is a little odd in that it gives your opponents the choice of how it resolves. When you cast a creature with Tribute, as it enters the battlefield, your opponent chooses whether or not it enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number written next to …
On Thanksgiving, most people go around the room and at least think about what they’re grateful for in life. Online, content creators use the idea as a launching pad to talk about the things they like. And as it turns out this Thanksgiving, everyone here at the Card Kingdom blog really likes Magic cards. So, while it might be a …
Prototype is mechanic from The Brothers’ War that appears on artifact creatures. Cards with Protoype have a special Prototype section of their text box, which, if you’re casting the card normally, can be cheerfully ignored. However, you can also choose to cast the card for its Prototype cost. If you do, you pay the cost listed in the special box, …
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Another year has come and gone so quickly, but we’re now entering one of the year’s best seasons: the holidays! Whether you’re looking for yourself or for friends and family, our annual holiday gift guide has Magic players of all kinds covered. This year has seen more new Magic products than ever before, so it might be hard to narrow …
Meld is a Keyword Action (a little different than what we normally cover here) that can appear on any permanent type. It could theoretically appear on an Instant or Sorcery, but we have yet to see that occur and how specifically that would work. Anyway! Meld appears in the ability text of one card that will specifically name another card …
