MTG Guides

Fear in MTG: only black and artifact creatures can block it, 29.3% of all creatures. The rules, fear vs intimidate vs menace, all 63 cards and a $51 Vela deck.

Banding in MTG, step by step: rule 702.22 quoted, who assigns combat damage, what it does to trample and deathtouch, all 24 banding cards, bands with other, every format’s legality and a $67 Ayesha Tanaka deck.

The initiative in MTG, measured: rule 726 word for word, Undercity room by room, venture into Undercity vs the dungeon, all 26 cards (one set, never reprinted), the five bans in Pauper and Legacy, 13 rulings, the best commanders and an $84 Sefris deck.

Goad in MTG, measured: rule 701.15 and thirteen rulings players get wrong, all 84 goad cards sorted into six jobs, ten years and zero Standard-legal printings, the Impetus Auras, the payoffs that don’t say goad, EDHREC’s 16,773 Forced Combat decks and their top commanders, the ten Pauper commons, 52 precons, and an $88 Nelly Borca deck.

The monarch in MTG, measured: rule 725 and its two sourceless triggers, all 63 monarch cards by how they hand you the crown (44 on a permanent entering, five give it to an opponent), eleven products and zero Standard-legal sets in ten years, the ten Courts, the ten Pauper commons and the Fall from Favor ban, the initiative contrast, how to keep the crown and take it back, the commanders, and a budget Queen Marchesa deck.

Evoke in MTG, measured: the rules, why the sacrifice is a trigger you can respond to, all 35 evoke cards by set and format, the discount on every one (26 of 30 cheaper, 2.33 mana on average), the five pitch incarnations and the Fury and Grief bans, eighteen ways to keep the creature, the one card that grants evoke, and a $68 Ashling, the Limitless Commander deck that plays 33 of them.

Myriad in MTG, measured: the rules, why the tokens enter attacking but never attacked, all 23 myriad cards by set and format, what each is worth at a three-, four- and five-player table, the ten cards that grant myriad, the commander that keeps the tokens, the attack taxes the tokens never pay, and a $92 The Master, Multiplied Commander deck.

Storm in MTG, measured: the rules and the storm count, why copies are not cast, all 34 storm cards by set and format, how many spells each one needs to kill, every ban with its date, why Modern and Legacy ban the fuel and Pauper bans the fire, the three cards that grant storm, the hate, and an $89 Kess Commander deck.

Morph in MTG, measured: the rules (the flip is a special action), the morph tax on all 215 cards, every non-mana flip cost, all 227 morph, megamorph and disguise cards by set, colour and format, the best on EDHREC, the hate, the rulings and a $39 Kadena Commander deck.

Riot in MTG, measured: the rules (a replacement effect; the haste is permanent), the haste-or-counter break-even for all 13 riot cards, the 3 cards that grant it, legality, prices and a $70 Halana and Alena Commander deck.