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These cards are hard stax pieces, like Armageddon (lands), Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur (hands), Hall of Gemstone (two or more mana colors), Iona, Shield of Emeria (spells of a specific color) Stasis (untap step) and Blood Moon (color fixing from nonbasics) all jump the fence and land squarely in the realm of shutting off decks either entirely or in part, keeping people from playing the game almost at all on their own once online depending on the meta

Many of these cards also feature EX in the title

(Yes, Shadowborn ApostlesShadowborn Apostles and other such friends are an exception, but come on.) Vigilance and trample on a 7/7 is sweet but not game-busting

Lucky for you, Ive compiled a list of the strangest and weirdest rules interactions in Magic

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This is my kind of resourceful, Rikku, Resourceful Guardian adds unblockability onto the thousands of effects that add counters to creatures in Magic