About the Book
Source: Wikia. Pages: 32. Chapters: Abilities, Absorb, Affinity, Banding, Battle Cry, Bloodthirst, Bushido, Buyback, Convoke, Counter, Counter, Cumulative Upkeep, Cycling, Damage, Deathtouch, Defender, Double Strike, Echo, Enchantment, Entwine, Exalted, Fear, First strike, Flanking, Flash, Flying, Fortify, Frenzy, Graft, Haste, Haunt, Hellbent, Imprint, Indestructible, Infect, Kicker, Landfall, Landwalk, Life, Lifelink, Living Weapon, Mana Pool, Metalcraft, Modular, Phasing, Phyrexia Mana Symbol, Power, Proliferate, Reach, Regeneration, Shroud, Soulshift, Splice, Split Cards, Split Second, Tapping, Toughness, Trample, Transmute, Unblockable, Unearth, Vigilance. Excerpt: There are three main types of abilities: Activated, Triggered, and Static. Examples of Static abilities include shroud, first strike, and flying. Activated abilities include any abilities that require tapping or some sort of cost. For example, the card Royal Assasin has an activated ability that reads: "Tap: destroy target tapped creature." Triggered abilities require a specific event to happen, like paying upkeep. This creature has lots of abilities These are the biggest (most common) abilities in Magic. They are used a lot with many different cards. Although some abilities are used more than others, it's still important to understand all the abilities in Magic. Flying is probably one of the most common abilities in the game. This creature can't be blocked except by other flying creatures It says it all. Flying creatures can't be blocked by non-Flying creatures. But there is one exception, Reach. Creatures with reach can block Flying creatures without having Flying themselves. Most creatures with Reach are Spiders, Archers or walls. Flying creatures come in many varieties such as Birds, Bats, Griphons, Angels, Sphinx, and Dragons. It is is most commonly found in Blue and White. First Strike is surely one of the best abilities. Creatures with first strike have an ability harder to understand than...
