Regenerate creates a shield, not a resurrection. All 272 paper cards measured: what it stops, what it never stops, and why Standard has none.

The August 2026 MTG Standard meta, measured rather than predicted: Mono-Green Landfall leads the post-ban winner’s metagame at 13%, the four pillars Wizards named finished 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th, and every card price and legality here is verified against the live Scryfall API.

Haste does not just let creatures attack the turn they land – it also unlocks tap abilities. Full rules, the summoning sickness trap, every enabler, and all 645 haste cards.

Vigilance means attacking does not tap your creature. It is not haste, and it will not untap anything. Full rules plus data on all 730 vigilance cards.

Prowess triggers on any noncreature spell, resolves before it, and survives counterspells. Full rules, all 87 prowess cards, and why two bans missed it.

Every MTG banned card by format, updated after the August 2026 announcement – Standard, Commander, Modern, Pioneer and Arena, with current prices.

Menace means a creature can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures. Here is the exact rule, the extra-blocker trap that catches most players, and the best menace cards at every budget.

Protection in MTG explained: the DEBT rule, what it does not stop, all seven protection-from-everything cards, and the only card that removes it.

Shroud stops every player targeting a permanent, including its own controller. All 35 paper shroud cards, the exact rules, what still kills them, and the only two cards in Magic that strip it.

Hexproof means your opponents cannot target it, but you still can. Full rules (CR 702.11), all 95 paper cards, the 19 “hexproof from” variants, the only six cards that strip it, and a budget green package under $3.