MTG Salvation

The battlemage's staff sends a final bolt of weakening energy at the hound.

One last -1/-1.

No more effort is needed. The vedalken abandon that plan, seeing as it's not working very well, and use the last of their energy to re-empower a mage's staff again. The mage uses that opportunity to strike at the mongrel attacking the vedalken.

If the vedalken's going down, he's at least going to want to take the hound down with him.

Untap a Esper Battlemage, block Mongrel attacking the Filigree Sages with Battlemage as well.

Oops, I thought I'd posted here. My mistake.

The other battlemage's staff is re-empowered, and another strike is made at the mongrel.

Untap the other battlemage, -1/-1 to the Mongrel again.

The vedalken touches one of the battlemage's staffs, and its power is restored for a second strike at the mongrel.

Untap a Battlemage using Filigree Sages, Battlemage is tapped for another -1/-1 to the Mongrel.

I'm just going to go ahead and make up stuff until I get word from Murphy. Don't want to leave you waiting any longer.

The battlemages point their staffs at the mongrel, and lines of mana strike it, shrinking the dog. Simultaneously, the vedalken strikes the mongrel.

That gives -2/-2 to the Mongrel, and the Filigree Sages does 2 damage.