Hey everyone! So I've only been playing Magic for a couple months but I'm super excited and already love everything about it. Tonight I'm really curious about how different people approach collecting cards and building their decks. So far I'm only playing against a couple friends, my brother and the occasional friendly dude at the hobby shop, nothing competitive (apart from a bit of sibling rivalry).
I started out like a proper noob with some intro decks and some boosters then slowly started to figure this game out. Since I play so casually I personally get a big kick out of buying boosters, seeing what I get to add to my collection and the challenge of building the strongest and most creative deck I can with whatever I have. But I know a lot of people prefer to buy singles, having their decks tailor-made and fine tuned. I've even seen lots of lists of decks online with their own names, so I guess a lot of people just pick one they like and try to acquire those specific cards. I think that's a cool way to do it and to learn about the game. It's clearly totally legitimate, but in my opinion I think a lot of the challenge and a huge part of the fun of Magic is to be creative, putting together my own personalized deck of spells while staying competitive. Ultimately for me, that's the whole appeal of Magic: The Gathering. As if I were actually a Planeswalker, casting spells I've acquired on my journey through space and time or whatever. But I'm a huge dork!
I'm just eager to learn about this game and how others play. Can I still stay creative while playing competitively or should I look into decks online and get into buying singles to get really serious? what's your opinion, people?
Hey guys! I'm still pretty new to this game and I have lots of questions, but today my question is about counter spells. My girlfriend played a Convolute against me today. I opted to not pay the 4 mana. So where does my card go now? back into my hand or into the graveyard? Thanks for any help
Hey everyone! Today I'm wondering about the ruling on Assembled Alphas. When blocking or being blocked, how does the "3 damage to that creature" take effect? Do I treat it like First Strike and deal the damage first, or do I deal one big chunk of 8 damage. Also the "3 damage to that creature's controller", before? After? Same time? Appreciate the help, thanks!
Hey so my question doesn't apply to just artifacts, I know there are other cards out there like this but these are the two cards that came into play for me today that made me scratch my head a bit. I'm still learning about this game but here it is; Implement of Combustion and Consulate Turret. Do these cards get summoning sickness? Can I tap Consulate Turret right away to gain the energy counter? Can I play a mountain and sacrifice Implement of Combustion as soon as I play it? When I played them today, I treated them as if they had summoning sickness and waited a turn. Did I play this right or wrong? Thanks
Hey everybody, so last night I was playing a really fun close match against a buddy and I played a Lathnu Hellion. At my end step I payed the 2 energy counters to keep him for my next turn to hopefully finish him off. On my friend's turn, he played a sorcery that enabled him to take control of my Hellion and use him against me. He then determined that since it was his end step and he had to energy to pay for Lathnu Hellion that the Hellion would now be sacrificed into my graveyard. I let him play it because I just thought it was such a cool move BUT both of us are curious to know if that's actually how that would resolve. True or False anybody? Thanks
Hey guys, I really like this card I have called Yahenni's Expertise and some other debuff cards like it. I'm just wondering if the -3/-3 destroys creatures with 3 or less toughness or do they get put back into play at the end of the turn?
Thanks for any help
Hey everybody! So my brother and I were playing some Magic the other night and he was using a new deck he just picked up featuring the Support mechanic. Upon looking up the rulings, we became very confused about the ruling highlighted in the image attached. "You can't put more than one +1/+1 counter on any one target creature."
Does this mean, that if I have 2 creatures on the battlefield and I play a Saddleback Lagac to give my creatures each a +1/+1 counter and then later play a card like Joraga Auxiliary can I not stack on more +1/+1 counters to those same 2 creatures?
Hey everybody! So I just started playing Magic about a month ago but I already love everything about it. I'm curious to know how many lands people usually run in a 60-card deck? Everything I've read says to play at least 24 and I've had some experienced Magic players tell me they only use 20. I've been using 22 and that's been okay but I would really like to know what everyone else thinks. Cheers
So, you're saying that whichever land I enchant, I disregard it's normal mechanic and replace it with the text from Unbridled Growth? Do I understand that correctly?
Hey guys, just curious about Unbridled Growth. So if I play Unbridled Growth and enchant a land, does that land now count as two lands when I tap it? Am I understanding that correctly?
I started out like a proper noob with some intro decks and some boosters then slowly started to figure this game out. Since I play so casually I personally get a big kick out of buying boosters, seeing what I get to add to my collection and the challenge of building the strongest and most creative deck I can with whatever I have. But I know a lot of people prefer to buy singles, having their decks tailor-made and fine tuned. I've even seen lots of lists of decks online with their own names, so I guess a lot of people just pick one they like and try to acquire those specific cards. I think that's a cool way to do it and to learn about the game. It's clearly totally legitimate, but in my opinion I think a lot of the challenge and a huge part of the fun of Magic is to be creative, putting together my own personalized deck of spells while staying competitive. Ultimately for me, that's the whole appeal of Magic: The Gathering. As if I were actually a Planeswalker, casting spells I've acquired on my journey through space and time or whatever. But I'm a huge dork!
I'm just eager to learn about this game and how others play. Can I still stay creative while playing competitively or should I look into decks online and get into buying singles to get really serious? what's your opinion, people?
Thanks for any help
Does this mean, that if I have 2 creatures on the battlefield and I play a Saddleback Lagac to give my creatures each a +1/+1 counter and then later play a card like Joraga Auxiliary can I not stack on more +1/+1 counters to those same 2 creatures?
I hope my question is clear, appreciate any help.
Cheers.