Not Demonic New Age Spells
Ok, I teach you how to cast a spell. But I mean in the game of magic the gathering, not those white magic or black magic new age stuff. Those are demonic. Never have anything to do with them. If you had relationship with that kind of things, find a spirit-filled Christian church and get an anointed people to deliver you in the name of Jesus. Above all, receive Jesus Christ as your personal savior.
How to play a spell
Now back to Magic The Gathering. Once you have mana in your mana pool, you can use it to cast a spell. Spells include sorceries, instants, enchantments, artifacts and creatures.
There are some limits to when you can cast a spell. For sorceries, creatures, artifacts and enchantments, you can cast them during any of your main phases. But there must be no cards on the stack. In contrast, you can cast an instant any time during the game.
You can only cast a spell card from your hand. When you want to do so, take out the desired one and put it on the stack. Make sure your opponent can see it clearly. All the spells casted go to the stack zone first.
When you choose what spell cards to play, you should have made up your mind about what effect of the card to use or what target to hit and also the strategy behind. Once the card goes to the stack, you will tell the opponent about some of the choices you made. For cards with multiple effects to choose from and printed text “choose one”, you will tell the opponent which one you chose. For instants, sorcery or aura spells that are directed to a target, choose the victim. Some spells are used on the player, some on creatures and some on permanents like lands.
Target
When you are playing a spell that targets, pay attention to what requirements it states on the card. Some may require the target to be specific like “green permanent” or “red creature”.
A spell can only take effect on targets that means the requirement. You will tell your opponent what target you choose when you play the card on the stack. And after you have done so, you cannot change your mind. So do so carefully and consider the whole picture. What effect does it make, how does it affect the opponent, what possible action will he make against it, etc. Try to predict what would happen. And make sure it has a high possibility for the target to remain legal when your spell resolves. Legal meaning the target still exists and meeting the requirements of the spell. Otherwise, your spells will be countered and does nothing more than wasting itself.
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