scars of mirrodin new mechanic metalcraft

[Josh]

Discuss the new ability Metalcraft from Scars of Mirrodin!!

Metalcraft gives you some bonus when you control 3 artifacts

Here is an example:

Mox Opal 0
Legendary Artifact
Metalcraft - T: Add 1 mana of any color to your mana pool. Activate this ability only if you control three or more artifacts.

[Josh]

Scars of Mirrodin Mechanics : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering

Metalcraft

Some things haven't changed. Mirrodin is a world made entirely of metal, and in game terms, that means artifacts. More than a third of the cards in the set are artifacts, and many cards in the set care about artifacts. For example:




The new ability word metalcraft gives you a bonus for controlling three or more artifacts. As long as you control three or more artifacts, Carapace Forger gets +2/+2. As soon as you don't, it loses the bonus. So if a pumped-up Carapace Forger takes 2 damage and then your third artifact bites the dust later in the turn (or at the same time, such as in combat), Carapace Forger will also be destroyed.

Some of the cards with metalcraft abilities are themselves artifacts, such as Mox Opal, previewed this past weekend at PAX and Pro Tour–Amsterdam:




Since Mox Opal is itself an artifact, you only need two other artifacts to use its metalcraft ability. (Make sure your other two artifacts aren't also Mox Opals, though—it's legendary!)