It has an activated ability that turns permanents and mana into a scry effect, which, by most accounts, is a horrible deal.To make up for that poor deal it gives you back a permanent, but because that is too good a deal it is being restricted to once for each of your own turns.Įvery Gentry player knows that a single stockpile is something you should be able to handle, it is only when multiples enter the fray that its true power starts to shine. I assume some of you guessed it already: It is Hidden Stockpile. Ever since Pepijn took down an Invitational with it shortly after it was released into the world it has taken Gentry by storm and, coincidentally it features all three qualities mentioned above: It has an engine-type activated ability, an engine-type triggered ability and it has a once-per-turn restriction…ĭo you know what card I am talking about…? Next lets look at some cards that fall under ‘ engines’.įirst up is probably the most known card in this entire article.
ExamplesĮnough theory! First, congratulations on making it through that boring block of text above.
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In addition, since these type of cards have a potential to spiral out of control they are often limited to a single use per turn or even per round, so there are both free and restricted engines. That sounds impressive right?Ī resource in this definition can be almost any countable thing in the game including, but not limited to life points, cards in hand, permanents, damage, a power and toughness,…Įnigines in magic can be active, using an activation cost that has one resource and generates another, or passive, using a trigger that gives you one resource on top of another. DefinitionĪccording to an engine is “a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.”įor the sake of this article we’ll need to generalize this definition and translate it into Magicese so it becomes: “A card for converting one resource into another resource or effect to produce card advantage or tempo”. Allow me to take you onto a journey: First I will explain what they are and then look over a few that are currently available in Gentry.
What I realized is that those cards are what I call ‘ engine cards’ and that understanding them can be an amazing tool in improving ones deckbuilding skill. Those cards were usually extremely flexible and offered multiple possibilities for deckbuilding.
In the past I have written a few articles centered around particular cards and what you could do with them.
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