Well that’s a very good question, and I’m glad you asked. When you’re playing Magic: The Gathering, there are steps to a turn. Steps are very important because they dictate when you draw your cards, when you untap your cards, and when you end your turn. Lets start with the first step, Upkeep. During upkeep you first untap all your cards. This means any lands which you may have tapped are now untapped. This also goes for any creatures, artifacts, or even enchantments that are tapped. Basically anything that’s tapped before you started your turn is now untapped unless it … Continue reading What is a step, and why should I even care?

Boy, what an interesting title, huh? Well today, I’m gonna teach you about mana, the Magic equivalent of money. Why should you care about mana? Well mana is the main way people cast spells. Some spells obviously have different ways of casting them, but for now we’ll just talk about using mana. The first card played is usually a land. (Notice how I said played instead of  cast, as lands aren’t spells.(We’ll talk about types of cards in another post.)) Let’s use a forest as an example. Now, this card doesn’t say it, but you can tap it (turning it … Continue reading How to Manage your Magical Money (Mana)