Boggart Harbinger Black Card in Magic the Gathering

Series Summary

Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game invented by mathematician Richard Garfield and introduced to the RPG market in 1994 by a company called Wizards of the Coast. Since then, MTG’s rosters have grown, boasting an astounding 6 million plus players worldwide. A typical game of Magic is carried out by two or more players, each supplied with their own deck of cards (or library) with which to do battle. Play progresses as magic spells and enchantments are cast, artifacts forged and employed, and a sizeable phantasmagoria of monsters, animals, spirits and men are summoned…and a chess-like battle ensues.

The game takes cues from classic role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, but bears closer resemblances to bridge or poker. The complex rules and card instructions can challenge even the most avid card-player. One of the most interesting aspects of Magic is the system of colors classifying the different sets of cards. White cards represent order; blue represent knowledge; black is the color of death; red represents chaos; and green is the color of life in Magic: The Gathering.

In this free MTG video series, learn how to use the cards from the black, or swamp, deck. This dark, cunning and sinister deck is characterized by spells and instants that do damage to an opponent while often requiring a sacrifice of mana, creatures, or life points on the part of the caster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the black deck, as well as exploit the weaknesses of the other players’ black cards in these short, informative Magic: The Gathering card tutorials.

Video Transcript

"MIKE LOPEZ: Hi. I'm Mike with the Expert Village, and we're going to be discussing the black color from "Magic: The Gathering". The black color is known as your domination/sacrifice color. What it does is it allows you to sacrifice your own creatures for personal gain as well as sacrifice your own life to deal damage to your opponent. And now we're going to discuss Boggart Harbinger. Boggart Harbinger is a very powerful card in Lorwyn set. It is an uncommon. It's the creature "Goblin Shaman", which means it gives bonuses for "Goblins" and for "Shamans". Boggart Harbinger cost you two and a black to play, which means that it has to converted mana cost of three, two plus the skull equals three. You going to get a 2/1 creature for this, but since it is a 2/1 and you pay 3, you know you going to get a cool ability and the cool ability this card has is that whenever Boggart Harbinger comes into play, whenever we play this card, you may search your library for a Goblin card. Now this can be a Goblin creature card, be it a Goblin and Shaman. We have tribal sorcery instant that are now called Goblins, and you may need to put that card on top of your library after you shuffle it, so you can go search for card and shuffle your library, and put the card on top of it, and then you will get it next turn. This is a very powerful card for searching for that card that you need to make your deck to work."