I've been playing with it a few times and I'm almost positive that there are some things I'm doing wrong. So I'm going to ask if someone could please clear some things up.
1.) The most important thing I want to know is the benefits of Dread Returning the Balustrade Spy. I know he mills your deck instantly but doesn't that mean I only have the rest of my turn and my opponents turn to win before I lose because my library is empty? What creatures would I need to optimally use that trick/combo?
2.) What is the optimal starting hand? I have a hard time understanding which cards are the most important to have early game, all I know is I DON'T want the Narcomoeba in my opening hand.
3.) If I win the opportunity to go first can I choose to go second?
4.) The wording on Nether Shadow and Ichorid kind of confuse me because one says at the beginning of my upkeep and the other says at the end of my upkeep. Does that mean if I dredge a Nether Shadow (with 3 creatures above) with my initial draw step that I can then put him onto the battlefield? I KNOW I can't with Ichorid but since the wording was different I thought the timing restrictions may also be different.
5.) Another timing restriction question was bothering me as well. When something states to do something at my end step, does that mean after everything that is done "automatically" at my end step is finished resolving, does that mean my turn is immediately over? Or can I continue doing things in response to effects caused by things activating at the end step?
I may have more questions but these will do for now, PLEASE help!
I've been playing with it a few times and I'm almost positive that there are some things I'm doing wrong. So I'm going to ask if someone could please clear some things up.
1.) The most important thing I want to know is the benefits of Dread Returning the Balustrade Spy. I know he mills your deck instantly but doesn't that mean I only have the rest of my turn and my opponents turn to win before I lose because my library is empty? What creatures would I need to optimally use that trick/combo?
2.) What is the optimal starting hand? I have a hard time understanding which cards are the most important to have early game, all I know is I DON'T want the Narcomoeba in my opening hand.
3.) If I win the opportunity to go first can I choose to go second?
4.) The wording on Nether Shadow and Ichorid kind of confuse me because one says at the beginning of my upkeep and the other says at the end of my upkeep. Does that mean if I dredge a Nether Shadow (with 3 creatures above) with my initial draw step that I can then put him onto the battlefield? I KNOW I can't with Ichorid but since the wording was different I thought the timing restrictions may also be different.
5.) Another timing restriction question was bothering me as well. When something states to do something at my end step, does that mean after everything that is done "automatically" at my end step is finished resolving, does that mean my turn is immediately over? Or can I continue doing things in response to effects caused by things activating at the end step?
I may have more questions but these will do for now, PLEASE help!
1) Not a rules question.
2) Not a rules question.
3) Yes. You actually win the right to choose who goes first, not the right to go first.
4) Pay no attention to the printed words on the cards. Always look up the current wording, also known as Oracle text, in Gatherer. Both Ichorid and Nether Shadow have triggers that trigger at the beginning of your upkeep. Both those triggers will happen before your draw step.
5) The fact that you're not mentioning any card names makes this hard to answer. Again, you should look at the Oracle text to determine how the card works. In all likelihood it is an "at the beginning of the end step" trigger. If it is, you can respond to it and do things after it has resolved.
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Well where would I go to discuss questions 1 & 2 then? The casual forum?
Thanks for your help so far!
another question came to mind.
6.) Bridge from Below states that whenever an opponents creature goes from the battlefield to the graveyard I must then exile it, does that mean If I have multiple of them I must exile all of them even if one creature went to the graveyard?
Well where would I go to discuss questions 1 & 2 then? The casual forum?
The article you referenced has a discussion thread, so you could ask there. Alternatively, since the article is discussing a Legacy deck, you could ask strategy questions about the deck in the Legacy subforum.
6.) Bridge from Below states that whenever an opponents creature goes from the battlefield to the graveyard I must then exile it, does that mean If I have multiple of them I must exile all of them even if one creature went to the graveyard?
Yes. A creature going to your opponent's graveyard from the battlefield will trigger the "exile me" ability of all Bridges that are in your graveyard.
Edit: Since this thread is threatening to become a compilation thread, I'm going ahead and locking it. If you have additional questions, please make separate threads for specific card interactions.
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I've been playing with it a few times and I'm almost positive that there are some things I'm doing wrong. So I'm going to ask if someone could please clear some things up.
1.) The most important thing I want to know is the benefits of Dread Returning the Balustrade Spy. I know he mills your deck instantly but doesn't that mean I only have the rest of my turn and my opponents turn to win before I lose because my library is empty? What creatures would I need to optimally use that trick/combo?
2.) What is the optimal starting hand? I have a hard time understanding which cards are the most important to have early game, all I know is I DON'T want the Narcomoeba in my opening hand.
3.) If I win the opportunity to go first can I choose to go second?
4.) The wording on Nether Shadow and Ichorid kind of confuse me because one says at the beginning of my upkeep and the other says at the end of my upkeep. Does that mean if I dredge a Nether Shadow (with 3 creatures above) with my initial draw step that I can then put him onto the battlefield? I KNOW I can't with Ichorid but since the wording was different I thought the timing restrictions may also be different.
5.) Another timing restriction question was bothering me as well. When something states to do something at my end step, does that mean after everything that is done "automatically" at my end step is finished resolving, does that mean my turn is immediately over? Or can I continue doing things in response to effects caused by things activating at the end step?
I may have more questions but these will do for now, PLEASE help!
1) Not a rules question.
2) Not a rules question.
3) Yes. You actually win the right to choose who goes first, not the right to go first.
4) Pay no attention to the printed words on the cards. Always look up the current wording, also known as Oracle text, in Gatherer. Both Ichorid and Nether Shadow have triggers that trigger at the beginning of your upkeep. Both those triggers will happen before your draw step.
5) The fact that you're not mentioning any card names makes this hard to answer. Again, you should look at the Oracle text to determine how the card works. In all likelihood it is an "at the beginning of the end step" trigger. If it is, you can respond to it and do things after it has resolved.
Please use card tags when you're asking a question about specific cards: [c]Serra Angel[/c] -> Serra Angel.
Thanks for your help so far!
another question came to mind.
6.) Bridge from Below states that whenever an opponents creature goes from the battlefield to the graveyard I must then exile it, does that mean If I have multiple of them I must exile all of them even if one creature went to the graveyard?
The article you referenced has a discussion thread, so you could ask there. Alternatively, since the article is discussing a Legacy deck, you could ask strategy questions about the deck in the Legacy subforum.
Yes. A creature going to your opponent's graveyard from the battlefield will trigger the "exile me" ability of all Bridges that are in your graveyard.
Edit: Since this thread is threatening to become a compilation thread, I'm going ahead and locking it. If you have additional questions, please make separate threads for specific card interactions.
Please use card tags when you're asking a question about specific cards: [c]Serra Angel[/c] -> Serra Angel.