Questions tagged [mtg-commander]
Commander (aka Elder Dragon Highlander or EDH) is a Magic:The Gathering variant which emphasises social interactions, interesting games, and creative deck building. Its primary characteristic is that decks are centered about a Legendary Creature as the Commander. Please also tag these questions with [magic-the-gathering].
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Inalla, Archmage Ritualist and Mistbind Clique interaction?
If I play a Mistbind Clique, I have to sacrifice it unless I exile another Faerie I control (and the Faerie will then return when Mistbind Clique leaves the battlefield).
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Can I use black in a Genku commander deck? [duplicate]
Genku, Future Shaper is a white/blue card that includes this ability:
Whenever another nontoken permanent you control leaves the battlefield, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn. Create a ...
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Can a triggered ability of a permanent with shroud be targeted? [duplicate]
suppose Karlach, Fury of Avernus (with Lightning Greaves), triggers:
untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase
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Can the combo of Smothering Tithe + Faerie Mastermind + Training Grounds be interrupted by removing the Faerie?
My opponent controls Smothering Tithe, Faerie Mastermind, and Training Grounds, and they are activating Faerie Mastermind's ability repeatedly to draw their whole deck
I Deadly Rollick'd their Faerie ...
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When Kardur, Doomscourge is active, do myriad-empowered creatures create tokens and deal damage to the Kardur player upon attacking?
In an EDH game, when an opponent controls Kardur, Doomscourge with its enters-the-battlefield (ETB) ability activated, if I attack another opponent with my creatures that have myriad (courtesy of ...
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Casting Benefits even if spell is countered
Playing Sauron, Lord of the Rings. When cast you amass Orc 5 and return a creature from your graveyard. Since that triggers when cast will you get the two other creatures even if the spell is counted?
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Constricting sliver interaction with commander creatures
Anyone able to determine (with citations) if the following interaction occurs with Constricting Sliver's effect:
Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters the battlefield, you ...
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Why do some MTG cards specify "land and/or Gate"?
I've been toying with building a Maze's End Commander deck for a while now.
Digging around for cards for such a deck, I came across Navigation Orb and some other similar cards.
Why does these cards ...
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Can you sacrifice Fleshbag Marauder to Ashnod's Altar, when it comes into play, if you have no other creatures?
Can you sacrifice Fleshbag Marauder to Ashnod's Altar, when it comes into play, if you have no other creatures? Would other players still be forced to sacrifice a creature?
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What makes a good alternative to flipping a coin for 50/50 randomness?
I'm building a coin-flip themed Commander deck, and I realise I'm going to be flipping potentially dozens of coins every turn deeper into a match.
What would be a good alternative to flipping an ...
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How would Jon Irenicus, Shattered One work with Blood Pet's ability?
I'm building a Jon Irenicus, Shattered One deck and wanted to know how his ability to give a creature "this creature can't be sacrificed" would work with something like Blood Pet or even ...
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Do I get to order the outcome of a voting card on the stack in the way I want?
If I play Cirdan the Shipwright its ETB triggers and everybody votes. If I receive no votes and have Consecrated Sphinx in hand, do I get to order the results of the vote in such a way, that I may put ...
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Does High Ground let creatures that are not able to block, like Skrelv, Defector Mite, block?
I am thinking of including High Ground in my mono-white deck. The deck has a lot of creatures and tokens that cannot block, like Skrelv, Defector Mite and the tokens created by White Sun's Twilight.
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Can I steal a commander and return it to my hand?
I was in a commander game with some friends and I was playing rogues. I popped the saga The Trickster-God's Heist stealing their commander, then I wanted to return that card to my hand with say ...
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Can mana from The Seedcore be used to cast Greven, Predator Captain
I have a copy of Greven, Predator Captain that says his creature type is Human Warrior. I know that he is a Phyrexian in-lore, and the link says his creature type is Phyrexian Human Warrior. Does this ...
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