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Summary: Learn how to play the card game Magic: The Gathering in this free online video clip about attacking your opponents.
Mike Lopez is a very passionate gamer. He loves playing everything from video games to board games. He has competed in many gaming tournaments, from chess to Magic the Gathering. He...read more
"Today we're going to be discussing Magic: the Gathering the card game.Now we're going to give an example of the combat phase. Combat phase starts during a person's attack phase. My attack phase during my turn and I elect that I am going to attack all the way across the board with the 1/1 Elvish Handservant, the 4/5 Elvish Aberration, and the Jagged-Scar Archers, which have power and toughness equal to the # of Elves I control. There are 1, 2, 3 Elves in my possession so he is a 3/3. On the other side. My opponent has a 1/1 Boneknitter. A Soulless One, Zombie Avatar, which has power and toughness equal to the number of Zombies in play. There are 1, 2, 3 Zombies in play, because I don't have any Zombies. So, he's a 3/3 and a 1/1 Carrion Feeder. At this point in time, that I declared attacking, then there is the blocking phase and the combat phase continues as the opponent decides if he's going to block."