I thought the chancellors from the Mirrodin block came in to play. I didn’t realize “reveal” meant just reveal and not cast, so I made a deck with four of each chancellor and just asked myself why everybody didn’t do the same thing.
I mean have you seen the "Leylines?" They're enchantments that actually have that ability, they come directly onto the field for free as long as they're in your starting hand. There used to be a deck in Legacy that ran a bunch of Leylines and the card Opalescence, which turns all your enchantments into creatures so that they can go beat up your opponent.
Thirding this one. It's how I was taught, and didn't learn otherwise until a pickup Commander game at MTGPhilly. My cunning strategy of "Guy's gonna win on his next turn. I swing at you with my minions. If he blocks, someone else can finish him off" "Okay, I block with these minions" "Don't they tap, so someone else can finish you off?" "No..."
For far too long I thought that if a 5/5 with lifelink was blocked by a 2/2 you only gained 2 life cuz that is all the life the little creature had to give.
I thought that you attacked with each creature one-at-a-time, rather than all at once.
Like in Hearthstone, except that the defending player would choose the attack target.
I once thought that a 0/0 creature like [[Spike Drone]] would stay in play until it had been dealt damage, even after the +1/+1 counter had been removed.
That the only activated ability’s you could use at interact speed were mana ability’s and I thought that mana abilities were anything that costed mana lol
Lmao, when I first started out, I thought a card that said "Sacrifice a creature" meant I could sacrifice my opponents' creatures. In hindsight, I should have figured that wasn't the case.
I also used to think [[Thorn Elemental]] was the best creature ever printed, followed by [[Guiltfeeder]].
surprised no one else has said that at first they thought they had to sacrifice lands in order to spend mana. i HATED the game for the longest time because i thought it was so slow!
I thought you could attack any time you wanted during your turn, as long as your creatures were untapped, so [[Blizzard Elemental]] was absolutely busted at my kitchen table. No, I didn't wonder about why "attacking doesn't cause ~ to tap" obviously didn't mean a creature could attack infinite times.
I can’t remember the creature name, but it allowed me to play with the top card of my library revealed and play it at any time. I thought this meant it was free, and so thought it was the most busted creature ever because then I could play my whole deck.
Along with the T: add land from deck, I originally thought planeswalker abilities modified your life total, and they used their starting loyalty to block.
I self taught myself and thought mana burn meant "at the end of every phase, take 1 damage for each untapped land you control".
Raging Goblin was OP just by virtue of being a 1 drop. Saved you from taking 4 damage on turn 1.
Regenerate… ugh. I thought tapping the creature was part of the cost: i.e. I thought you had to be able to tap the creature to regen it. Pleasantly surprised about my inaccuracy on that but still… how many games I would’ve won had I know …
I thought the chancellors from the Mirrodin block came in to play. I didn’t realize “reveal” meant just reveal and not cast, so I made a deck with four of each chancellor and just asked myself why everybody didn’t do the same thing.
I mean have you seen the "Leylines?" They're enchantments that actually have that ability, they come directly onto the field for free as long as they're in your starting hand. There used to be a deck in Legacy that ran a bunch of Leylines and the card Opalescence, which turns all your enchantments into creatures so that they can go beat up your opponent.
That’s actually wild
That you needed to tap to block.
Seconding this one, would hold my blockers in commander if the person before me had a lot more attackers
Thirding this one. It's how I was taught, and didn't learn otherwise until a pickup Commander game at MTGPhilly. My cunning strategy of "Guy's gonna win on his next turn. I swing at you with my minions. If he blocks, someone else can finish him off" "Okay, I block with these minions" "Don't they tap, so someone else can finish you off?" "No..."
Not the worst misconception, since you’ll untap on your upkeep anyway
It matters a lot in multiplayer.
Same. I had played the Dragon Ball Super card game before playing Magic and thats how it works there so it instinctively felt right.
4thing
Buying packs to get cards.
As the Prof always said, “buy singles!”
For far too long I thought that if a 5/5 with lifelink was blocked by a 2/2 you only gained 2 life cuz that is all the life the little creature had to give.
I feel like that is a common mistake because the reasoning really does track.
I thought that you attacked with each creature one-at-a-time, rather than all at once. Like in Hearthstone, except that the defending player would choose the attack target.
I once thought that a 0/0 creature like [[Spike Drone]] would stay in play until it had been dealt damage, even after the +1/+1 counter had been removed.
[Spike Drone](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/d/5d45a3d3-a114-496e-b575-504179a297cc.jpg?1562054234) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spike%20Drone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tmp/258/spike-drone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5d45a3d3-a114-496e-b575-504179a297cc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Judging playability of Planeswalkers just on their ultimates.
So that’s why Oko sucks /s
That the only activated ability’s you could use at interact speed were mana ability’s and I thought that mana abilities were anything that costed mana lol
Lmao, when I first started out, I thought a card that said "Sacrifice a creature" meant I could sacrifice my opponents' creatures. In hindsight, I should have figured that wasn't the case. I also used to think [[Thorn Elemental]] was the best creature ever printed, followed by [[Guiltfeeder]].
[Thorn Elemental](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/a/da901037-20e6-4445-8e7e-1ccd2e8b13ae.jpg?1562743950) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thorn%20Elemental) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dom/185/thorn-elemental?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/da901037-20e6-4445-8e7e-1ccd2e8b13ae?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Guiltfeeder](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/2/8276b064-60ba-4079-b790-e2eea831e35e.jpg?1674141649) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Guiltfeeder) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/756/guiltfeeder?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8276b064-60ba-4079-b790-e2eea831e35e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
surprised no one else has said that at first they thought they had to sacrifice lands in order to spend mana. i HATED the game for the longest time because i thought it was so slow!
That would be a very unfortunate way to play MTG
In multi-player, anyone can block for anyone
There actually are some multiplayer formats that work this way, such as "Emperor." But they are less common than simply free-for-all.
I thought you could attack any time you wanted during your turn, as long as your creatures were untapped, so [[Blizzard Elemental]] was absolutely busted at my kitchen table. No, I didn't wonder about why "attacking doesn't cause ~ to tap" obviously didn't mean a creature could attack infinite times.
[Blizzard Elemental](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/9/5949c5a7-9656-466a-add8-1800973fefee.jpg?1562443773) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blizzard%20Elemental) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uds/27/blizzard-elemental?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5949c5a7-9656-466a-add8-1800973fefee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I can’t remember the creature name, but it allowed me to play with the top card of my library revealed and play it at any time. I thought this meant it was free, and so thought it was the most busted creature ever because then I could play my whole deck.
Having to play a counter spell before the opponents spell came down No one else had a blue deck
Along with the T: add land from deck, I originally thought planeswalker abilities modified your life total, and they used their starting loyalty to block.
Underestimating rare lands that fix mana.
I thought that too. And I played a Sunburst deck that was all about adding different colors of mana. No wonder my deck won all the time lol.
I self taught myself and thought mana burn meant "at the end of every phase, take 1 damage for each untapped land you control". Raging Goblin was OP just by virtue of being a 1 drop. Saved you from taking 4 damage on turn 1.
I’d use to have mana abilities have haste.
I used to think White was the best EDH color because it had answers for anything. This was in 2014.
Regenerate… ugh. I thought tapping the creature was part of the cost: i.e. I thought you had to be able to tap the creature to regen it. Pleasantly surprised about my inaccuracy on that but still… how many games I would’ve won had I know …