Magic the Gathering Abilities

Here you will find a list of the abilities that magic cards can have. I will go through the keywords of the magic game and give examples of which magic cards have the abilities mentioned.

When I first started playing Magic the Gathering (MTG) the list of abilities was very short, however as the game progressed and became ever more complex, more and more skills were added and by now it can be hard to remember all of them. Hopefully this lens will shed some light on the abilities and keywords of magic cards.

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Building your own Magic the gathering deck can be quite daunting, especially if you are new to the game. Here are a few pointers I learned from mistakes I did when I was first starting out many years ago.

• Chose a strategy and a focus - Make sure you decide what you want your deck to do. Do you want to kill the opponent slowly while lifedraining him so you are invincible or do you want to overwhelm him with many cheap, but weak creatures. Decide the focus otherwise you will only win by luck.
• Stick to 1 or 2 colours - Multi-coloured decks can work, but they are very hard to balance and not ideal when you are starting out.
• Limit the number of cards in your deck - Don't stuff your deck with too many cards even though it is really tempting to add just one more creature.
• Use multiple of the same card - When building a deck make sure that you use the limit of 4 copies per card. If you add 4 of the same card then the chance of you drawing it is bigger and that means that it is easier for your decks strategy to work out. (You did chose a strategy to focus on didn't you?)
• Make sure you add enough land - I can only stress the importance of this. If your deck is not well balanced with the spell to land ratio then it will fail. You will either end up unable to cast your spells because you don't have any mana or you will have a mana abundance, but no spells to cast. This is vital. Get it right!
• Read this guide< on basic deckbuilding tips

Battle Cry, Exalted. Infect, Landwalk, Protection, Proliferate, Affinity, Amplify, Bloodthirst, Bushido, Convoke, Conspire, Cumulative, Upkeep, Delve, Dredge, Echo, Entwine, Evoke, Flanking, Flashback, Forecast, Fortify, Frenzy, Graft, Haunt, Hideaway, Horsemanship, Imprint, Kicker, Madness, Modular, Morph, Ninjutsu, Offering, Persist, Phasing, Poisonous, Provoke, Prowl, Rampage, Recover, Reinforce, Replicate, Ripple, Shadow, Soulshift, Splice, Split Second, Storm/Gravestorm, Substance, Sunburst,

Suspend, Transmute/Transfigure, Vanishing, Wither, Undying, Morbid, Fateful Hour, Flashback, Double-Faced Cards, Curses, Soulbound, Miracle

Here you can see the magic card prices and perhaps get a couple of booster packs to add to your deck. If you haven't already it might be the time to add a couple of Innistrad cards to the collection.

Everything besides the abilities in MTG

I have now given you a rundown of the abilities in Magic the gathering, however the game doesn't stop there. The rules are vast and very interesting and it can take a long time to master the game. Luckily it doesn't take long to start having fun with it.

Magic the gathering is not only a card game. The franchise has been launched as computer games as well making it a bit easier to jump into without investing too much money. (it doesn't beat a good face to face match though.)

Also it is worth noting that the next Expansion is going to be called Dark Ascension and is set to release 3rd of February 2012

I hope you enjoyed this lens. If you want more information on Magic the Gathering check out the links after the comments section.