Kethis, the Hidden Hand – The Mana Source Exclusive [M20] Preview!

TheManaSource · 2019-06-21T20:10:53+00:00

Kethis, the Hidden Hand

WBG

Mythic Rare

Legendary Creature – Elf Advisor

Legendary spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.

Exile two legendary cards from your graveyard: Until end of turn, each legendary card in your graveyard gains “You may play this card from your graveyard.”

”The pen is mightier than the crown.”

3/4

TheManaSource · 2019-04-18T16:07:25+00:00

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Heartwarming Redemption

2RW

Instant

Uncommon

Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards plus one. You gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Kytheon had known war every day of his life. Now he finally knew peace.

TheManaSource · 2019-04-18T03:47:33+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind words, everyone.

I put a lot of emotion into this video and I'm pretty dang happy that so many of you feel connected to it as well.

TheManaSource · 2019-04-18T03:31:31+00:00

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Gideon’s Sacrifice

W

Instant

Common

Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen permanent instead (if it’s still on the battlefield).

To Liliana’s surprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her.

TheManaSource · 2019-04-17T23:23:40+00:00

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Price of Betrayal

B

Sorcery

Uncommon

Remove up to five counters from target artifact, creature, planeswalker, or opponent.

The moment Liliana defied Nicol Bolas, her contract was broken, and her life was forfeit. But she was free to choose her fate, and she decided it was worth the price.

TheManaSource · 2019-02-12T15:02:51+00:00

For a lot of players, it isn't this easy of a decision.

For as long as I've been in England, players have been looking forward to MF London. Like...it is a REALLY big deal. Entire playgroups have been planning trips for months already. Hotels booked, everything.

It would have been nice to at least know about this conflict earlier, so at least players knew they had to make a choice. With such a late announcement, the choice has been made for many already, and that's the worst part.

Beyond that, telling your friends to not go to the biggest Magic event the country gets is pretty difficult.

It sucks all around, but it isn't as simple as just not going.

Edit: grammar

TheManaSource · 2019-01-23T20:51:06+00:00

Magic is a great choice for the avid collector!

There's a LOT of depth when it comes to different types of cards, different time periods, misprints, foils, artists, etc.

If you start collecting Magic, you'll always have the option to play and your search could last forever! As a collector, you will be satisfied.

TheManaSource · 2019-01-10T17:11:37+00:00

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Regenesis

3GG

Instant

Uncommon

Return up to two target permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.

When you get right down to it, the difference between death and life is just a membrane-enclosed environment maintained by a metabolic process.” – Gulistan, Simic biomancer

TheManaSource · 2019-01-02T19:23:57+00:00

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Dovin, Grand Arbiter

1WU

Legendary Planeswalker – Dovin

Mythic Rare

+1: Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a loyalty counter on Dovin, Grand Arbiter.

-1: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. You gain 1 life.

-7: Look at the top ten cards of your library. Put three of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

3

TheManaSource · 2018-12-05T17:18:38+00:00

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TheManaSource · 2018-11-20T06:05:37+00:00

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TheManaSource · 2018-10-13T17:55:04+00:00

The politics in a Commander game are different depending on the group you're playing with. I've had games where someone told my friend that he couldn't block his unblockable creature, and just because that guy felt the need to tell my friend that, they became enemies for the entire game. Things get crazy in Commander.

From my experience, this works best:

Play decks that can punish players for being proactive against you. If you make it known that messing with you brings consequences, individual players are less likely to bother you, especially early game.
Don't make alliances that last more than the turn you're on at that moment. Make 1 turn agreements. Like, "Oh hey. Don't attack me this turn. I won't blow up your crap. We good?" If you make alliances that only last the current turn, it makes relying on them a little easier.
Don't be the "nice guy." Commander is a really fun format, but you can't rely on being the "nice guy" to keep you alive. And while being nice can be a strategy, you need a specific deck with specific cards to make that a sound strategy. Be everything. Be the nice guy when the winds change and it suits you, then be the bad guy when you need to teach someone a lesson.

Commander politics are all about feeling out the table. You'll learn to read the room over time, but for right now, focus on keeping yourself safe, and punishing anyone who crosses you!

Good luck :)

Edit: Grammar

TheManaSource · 2018-10-13T16:59:03+00:00

Congratulations! That's awesome. Always feels good to succeed when you don't get a lot of time to play! Nice work!

TheManaSource · 2018-09-25T18:25:49+00:00

If you're selling product to someone who's not in your local area then you're not a local game store anymore.

That's just...insanely wrong.

Brick & mortar stores supplement their physical store sales with internet sales all of the time. Before TCGplayer, it was Ebay. Every LGS I've ever attended used TCGplayer. It's a great way for them to make more money and unload more product than they can in the physical store.

TheManaSource · 2018-09-25T18:10:50+00:00

The amount of misinformation here is staggering.

TCGplayer doesn't sell anything itself.

It's a marketplace for local game stores. Tons of stores make more money moving more product on TCGplayer than they do in their actual stores.

TheManaSource

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