MTG Salvation

So, not sure if i should be posting here for this but here it goes, i was wondering like what offical or unoffical terms are dubbed for some types of cards. I can never seem to search for them on the gatherer site. Cards like, brute force, what word would i use or how would i search for cards that like, give +X/+X. X being a general term like it could be 3 or 2 on a spell like reckless charge

also decks that before the enemy declares blockers or whatever and you do like, a Temur Battle Rage or whatever. what are they called?
any other random things you could think of that i forgot cause i know there's a lot please let me know
thanks for any comments or contributions to my knowledge of this awesome game

A spell that buffs a creature's stats is a pump spell. Spells that you cast mid-combat to mess with the math are combat tricks. A 2/2 creature (and to a lesser extent, 2/1s as well) is a bear, named after Grizzly Bears. Any time you encounter an activated ability along the lines of "R: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn", people will usually refer to it as Firebreathing. A card getting returned from the field to someone's hand is bounced (and the offending spell is a bounce spell)

Also, having something be exiled and returned to play either now or at eot (end of turn) is called blinking (a la Momentary Blink) or flickering (a la Flickerwisp). (There's no use difference in the two -- usually both blinking and flickering refer to the card coming back immediatly, and you would need to specify if it comes back eot.)

Note, btw, that pump spells are considered combat tricks, though not all combat tricks are pump spells.

When you toss cards from the top of your deck into the yard, that's milling, ala Millstone. A Manic Scribe mills your opponent for three. A spell that deals damage to something, like Lightning Bolt, is a burn spell. A burn spell that can only hit players sometimes gets referred to as a Lava Spike. Sacrifice gets shortened to sack a lot.

Pretty much any spell that stops combat damage for a turn usually gets shortened to Fogging.



I would also like to mention flickering comes from Flicker not wisp lol

Cards, that kill many/all creatures at once, like Wrath of God or Languish, are called "sweepers".

The "bear" was already explained above. A 2/1 for two mana is a "piker", after Goblin Piker. A 2/2 for three mana is a Gray Ogre.

A "cantrip" is any card, that lets you draw a card in addition to its effect. Examples: Niveous Wisps, Ponder, Elvish Visionary.

"Alpha strike" refers to an all out attack with most or all of your creatures.

There is pinging, the effect of Prodigal Sorcerer.

sweepers are also sometimes called "wraths" named after Wrath of god), even though this might be a bit of older slang.

Looting: the act of drawing a card, then discarding a card. Example.

Rummaging: Discarding a card first, then drawing a card. Example.

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creatures that tap for mana are called mana dorks

And would a polite orc who tapped for mana be a Mannered Orc?

A "mana rock" is a cheap artifact that taps for mana, like Izzet Signet, Mind Stone, or Manalith.

I don’t know how often it’s used, but ‘Manland’ refers to a type of land you can turn into a creature, such as Celestial colonnade. It was big in the original Zendikar block.

I would like to add that things like Wrath of God are called board wipes as well

Also, swinging with everything is known as going face around where I play. Aka im sending all of these creatures swinging at your face

I remember the phrase ‘troll shroud’! Nice. I’ve never heard the bolting thing, but have heard people saying they’ll ‘shock’ themselves when playing an untapped ‘shockland’.

Searching for a specific card in your library is known as a ‘tutor’ or ‘tutoring’.

I think this is what you're looking for when it comes to slang in general: List of Magic slang

However, I think part of the question was how to look up specific cards in Gatherer.wizards.com search engine.

A very useful thing is changing the 'and' button to 'or' in order to enter several digits that you would like your pump spells to be.

For example, if I want to look for a pump spell that costs one mana, I'll enter in the "text" portion: "and" +, "or" 2,3,4, and then under CMC, "and" =1. I'll also specify the colour(s) I want and that it should be an instant or sorcery only (or else you'll start seeing auras). This will make sure you'll find pump spells that have cmc 1, pump either power or toughness from 2-4 and are in your colours.

I hope this helps!