

However, I've seen players play instants on upkeep. . . . I'd be interested to see your take on when it is right to play on the end step, upkeep, main phase, or anything in between."Īn excellent question, Jonathan. "I tend to play a lot of spells on the end step. The list here is too long to go into, but Sacred Mesa & Goblin Warrens are personal favorites.Near the end of every article, I list how you can reach me to suggest ideas (as a reminder, it's Twitter, Tumblr, or every now and then players out there take to doing just that! Today, I want to cover a great topic that was sent in via email by Jonathan Whitefield. There are lots of other "can't be blocked" creatures, those are just some ideas to get you going.Ĭast another great creature.
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How to do that is a bit tricky, as you can't target it. There are roughly 100 creatures that have power 8 or greater, and I'm not counting cards that can pump a creature's power like Giant Growth or Titantic Growth.There are roughly 100 cards that have, or can give deathtouch.In all there are 10 cards that match the " must block" description. Although Irresistable Prey works nicely as well as a cantrip.

Deadly Allure is the best card for this.attack with any creature that has annihilatorįorce your opponent to block your deathtouch or massive creature.There are roughly 50 cards that can be used to do this. Cast a spell/use an effect that forces your opponent to sacrifice a creature.

These can be considered variants of "Damage all flying creatures" There are a number of cards that can do this, but some related to creature types are: Coordinated Barrage, although Engineered Plague, Outbreak, Roar of the Crowd. There are about 10 spells that can do this. The above is a bit brutal, a "softer" way is to "just" damage the flying creatures. Wrath of God is the obvious example here, but there are almost 100 cards that give you a massive board wipe.

In multi-player, don't be surprised if you get countered though. There's nothing quite like brute forcing your way through a problem. So, let us walk through ways around this problem. That said, the possibilities here are truly almost endless. Here's two that I have found, I'd be very interested in others that people know of: Council Judgement, Porphyry Nodes and drop of honey. The obvious answer is to just get rid of it directly, with a non-targeting effect.
