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Magic the gathering Keyword abilities explained: how does "WARD" work - WARD EXPLAINED Support the channel and become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM9lHPjEvKiJ95r9p6mwbdw/join A big thanks to our partner Cardmarket: https://bit.ly/3131UHc , the best place to buy and sell cards in Europe. TRY OUT CARDMARKET: ▶Do you want to try card market? Send me a mail first before you subscribe and I'll send you a 5€ sign up code for free. You can find my mail address in my "channel info tab". ▶ You can support me as wel, by buying some of my cards as well ! (Storm & Cookie cat tokens will be included if you mention the channel :-)). ▶ Did you win a voucher? Send me a mail or a PM on cardmarket: You can find me as piupiu24 (if you're new to cardmarket, claim you're 5€ sign up voucher first). WARD EXPLAINED Whenever a permanent with ward becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays an additional cost. It is a protective ability in the vein of shroud or hexproof, but it gives the opponent a way out to removing the permanent and hence can be used more frequently. Before it was keyworded, Ward was known as Frost armor. Early examples of cards with this mechanic include Frost Titan and Diffusion Sliver. The life payment variant had its closest example in Ashenmoor Liege. A variant on cards like Boreal Elemental and Terror of the Peaks simply increased the cost of targeting, which are not vulnerable to uncounterable effects. The two most common forms are costing additional mana (in white, blue, and green) or costing a payment of life (in black and red). These two approaches both protect against removal but ask different things of the rest of your deck and give opponents different incentives for when to bite the bullet and remove the warded creature. Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan is the first Ward cost (sacrifice a creature) that is potentially impossible to pay, with all prior ward costs being generic enough for all decks. Going forward, R&D announced some more unique ward costs as well. Discarding a card became a quick third as a cost, which Reality Smasher was a predecessor of. Phyrexian Fleshgorger is the first card with a variable Ward cost (life cost, equal to its power) to go with the size-changing Prototype. Ovika, Enigma Goliath is the first mixed ward cost, requiring both a life and mana payment. Any spell or ability controlled by an opponent can be affected by ward. This includes Aura spells, triggered abilities, and anything else that target a permanent with ward. Spells and abilities that don't target won't cause ward to trigger. Ward {2} is integrated into the rules for disguise and cloak. https://www.wikihow.com/Mtg-Ward https://draftsim.com/ward-mtg/ https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/ward https://www.thegamer.com/magic-the-gathering-mtg-shroud-hexproof-protection-ward-explained/ Presentation: Nora Ventriglia ▶ Dont forget to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/casualmtgdecks ❤︎ Check out my favorite magic content creators ▶ ❤︎ Awesome magic cosplayers - Zbexx ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGWe... ) - Tarmokat - Christine Sprankle ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZEfr... ) - Talia Vess - Ladee Danger https://www.youtube.com/user/theladee... - Jana Amari https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClGe... - tappytoeclaws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF0qc... ❤︎ MTG Alter Artists on instagram: damarideneurommancer sm.art.omish starsizzetmagic ❤︎ Favorite Sellers on Cardmarket: https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/U... https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/U... https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/U... https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic/U... ❤︎ Youtube Content creators Pleasantkenobi: https://www.youtube.com/user/Pleasant... Alpha Invest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTp-... Tolaria Com College: https://www.youtube.com/user/tolarian... Dicetry(lore) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxF1... Eatherhub(lore) https://www.youtube.com/user/seibenlore Also thanks for all the fans that watch my content and brew decks with me. You can find all my decks on deckstats.net (user: Ezqimo)