Playing Dice with the Universe

  Mana fixing in Magic Once you start building a Magic the Gathering deck with more than one colour you run the risk of ending up being mana screwed.  This is when you cannot cast the spells in your hand with the lands you have played.  White Knight and Black Knight both cost two mana of their own colour.  While you can play either of them on turn two you will not be able to play the other on turn three without having a land that taps for both colours.  Multi-colour lands are refered to as dual when they tap for two colours; tri-lands for 3 and rainbow when they can produce all five colours. Properties of lands The main properties of lands are if they enter tapped or untapped and if they have basic land types ( more on why that is important in a moment ).  Most lands that have more than one colour have a condition or cost for entering the battlefield untapped or for producing coloured mana. Most lands come in cycles.  For two colour lands these are eit...

I am a believer in recycling. It is good for the environment and O.K. for you. I apply the principles to my hobbies as well. When I stop playing one game I tend to sell off toys I will not be needing anyone and use the cash to invest in my new passion. Before Wizkids went bust I played a lot of Heroclix. Whilst the game has been re-released no one seems that interested in it any longer so I sold off my rare and powerful pieces and invested the cash into tanks for my Space Marines. Shopping around on ebay I get tanks for less than £10 each so I was able to get three Predators with just a single Batman figure. I also picked up some spare turrets, Rhinos and Las/Plas Razorbacks. New Biomass for the Hive Mind My friend is not impressed by this years Tyranid Codex, in fact he would rather play Necrons! He gave me about £150 of stuff for nothing, so I gave him some Space Marine tanks I did not want. I got a Hive Tyrant; Carnifex; 6 Warriors; Zoanthrope; a Score of Genestea...