Magic: The Gathering - Tutorial Week 11

elcome back, everyone. In the last episode we saw a few standard and quite important keywords in Magic, so read them up. In this episode we’ll finally explore the anatomy of a turn in a game of Magic. It’s going to get a bit scary, so mind your step.

The last time I remember, the turn structure looked like this:

Prerelease part 2 coming up!!

A big Thank you to all the 40 players who made this morning's prerelease a major success!! :)
We congratulate the Phyrexian party for getting the most EPIC wins :)
and we also had the highest ranking Mirran players from the Coalition :)
Farhan was knighted as Ambassador between Mirran and Phyrexian Armies! thankfully his head was still there when he got back :)

Those of you who want in on the ACTION!!
come on down to Prerelease Part 2!! at 2pm Today in the TAvern :)

Prerelease coming up!!

Ladies and gents Prerelease starts in 2 Hours please prepare ur armor..

Winter Weekend

With the Cancellation of her Divine Empress's Winter Court, the Crane Clan and Scorpion Clans have decided to host theirs.
They have also extended their graciousness and allowed the Tavern to host the Pre Party!!

Therefore all Samurais, Shugenja, Monks, Artisans, and Ronins from any clan are invited to the Tavern's Pre Winter Party!!

Details are as below:
Date : 30/1/2011
Time: 7pm onwards
Event: A typical Rokugani Skirmish will be held, with some form of food provided by the Tavern and if the Divine Empress allows, her Voice will provide a question which if answered will grant 1 person in the Tavern that night membership into the prestigious Imperial Assembly.
Entry Fee: RM 10

Magic: The Gathering - Tutorial Week 10

ll right. We’ve come a long way in learning the basics. For all those that found this tutorial to be helpful, I appreciate that you took the time to explore it. For those of you that may need a bit of extra help, that is what this announcement is about.

Firstly, we are near the final instalment of this tutorial. Pretty much all basics were covered save what we will see in today’s article and the next few. Secondly, I’m willing to write additional articles at the request of readers, whether it’s about rules or about which cards are generally considered to have better synergy.

For now, the show must go on.

There will be one main thing that this article will teach. It will simply be some Magic terminology which can be written as follows:

Destroy: to put a permanent card from the battlefield into the graveyard. A permanent can be destroyed through a card (like Back to Nature) or through combat damage.

Miraculous Happenings at the Tavern

Tonight, somebody went home really happy.
Tonight, 16 boosters were cracked
Tonight, 2 planeswalkers appeared to grace the Tavern
Tonight, a shiny little trinket that clears battlefields came in premium version.
Tonight, a Gargantuan mirror arrived
Tonight, a whole load happened at the Tavern and you're missing it :)
(you should come over planeswalker and join in the fun)

Mirrodin Is under Attack!!

Mirrodin has been besieged by the Phyrexians, now as a planeswalker it is time to join the Mirrans or Phyrexians in their war for Mirrodin's future.

Where you stand in their war Mirran or Phyrexian?

Details of the Pre-release event.

Midnight Prerelease the earliest in Malaysia was started by the Peddler and by far is the most fun. :)
Therefore, the Tavern is pleased to Host the Peddler's midnight prerelease and their own prerelease the day after :)

Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease:

Session 1
29th January 12am
The Tavern
Entry Fee: RM 75
Prize Structure:
1-0 wins 1 booster
2-3 wins 2 boosters
4 wins 3 boosters
(Prizes will be added on the day itself.)

Session 2
29th January 2pm
The Tavern
Entry Fee: RM 75
Prize Structure:

1-0 wins 1 booster
2-3 wins 2 boosters
4 wins 3 boosters
(Prizes will be added on the day itself.)

Join Both for RM140

VIP option
Session 3
2headed Giant Sealed!!

Magic: The Gathering - Tutorial Week 9

ome history on this card type that we’re going to see today: for a long while in Magic’s past, players (you and me) were considered wizards so powerful that we could never be printed in card form. The belief was that if we were printed on cards and we could be destroyed or killed by the opponent, we wouldn’t look all that powerful anymore. Then the time rifts came and several “players” sacrificed their power to heal every realm, every existence that was part of the worlds of Magic. If they didn’t, the mythical worlds of Magic, and the game itself, would cease to be.

Ever since their sacrifice that saved all realities, “players” started to see print.

And by players, I mean Planeswalkers.

Why these people are called planeswalkers is simple: they can travel from one plane of reality to another. They don’t literally walk from one plane to another but for the sake of drama and good old fashioned storytelling, the suffix “walker” is used.

Magic: The Gathering - Tutorial Week 8

appy Belated New Year, everyone. It’s not often that we get to celebrate an event as special as this (unless you live on Mercury, in which case you celebrate New Year every day).

So, how are things? Good? We’ve got a blank slate in the form of a new year and the initiative to do great things is all on us. What I’m trying to say is that today I’ll be comparing “counter a spell” with the vastly different “put a counter on this thing” ability of some cards.

As we saw in the immediately preceding article, when you counter a spell, it’s almost like you’re destroying the spell before it actually happens. That’s a somewhat accurate analogue of how “counter a spell” works.

Now we have something completely dissimilar. Take a look at the following card:

“Whenever an opponent shuffles his or her library, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Cosi’s Trickster.”

Magic: The Gathering - Tutorial Week 7

ome of you have probably made your New Year resolutions already. As for me, I don’t know if I can even hold on to them, let alone make them.

But enough of this. Today we’re going directly into last week’s artifact battlefield and see examples of how they can be used in a game. Prepare for artifacts, artifacts, and more artifacts.

Last week’s battlefield position:

It is Green’s turn. Considering how cluttered the battlefield is, we should do some power/toughness calculations to see if Green can safely attack and force through enough damage to defeat Blue.