A Guide To Over 300 Terms In MTG

Music: Cosmic Groove - Cooper Cannell
0:00 1v1
0:09 1+1+1 = 7
0:17 2-for-1
0:26 Acceleration
0:33 Ally/Enemy Colors
0:50 Alter
1:01 Answer/Threat
1:13 Anthem
1:19 Deck Archetypes
3:04 Attrition
3:11 Auto Loss
3:20 Bad Beat Story
3:27 Bait
3:36 Bear
3:45 Beatdown
3:54 Beater / Beatstick
3:59 Bin
4:04 Blink/Flicker
4:15 Blow Up
4:21 Blowout
4:32 Board Presence
4:43 Board State
4:51 Board Wipe, Sweeper, Wrath
5:02 Body/Stats
5:09 Base Stats
5:15 Bolt (the Bird)
5:35 Bomb/Finisher
5:43 Bounce
5:47 Bracket
6:04 BREAD
6:25 Brew/Tune
6:42 Brick
6:51 Broken/Break
7:02 Build-Around
7:10 Bulk
7:20 Burn
7:25 Butt
7:33 Cantrip
7:41 Card Advantage
7:49 Card Pool
7:58 Cascade
8:18 Charms/Modal Cards
8:25 Chase Card
8:34 ...
8:41 Cheese
8:45 Chump Block
8:53 Clock
9:03 CMC
9:15 Color Pairs, Shards, Wedges, WUBRG
10:26 Color Pie Breaks & Bleeds
10:49 Combo/Synergy
11:10 Comp
11:18 Constructed/Limited
11:39 Crack
11:52 Crack/Swing Back
12:06 Cube
12:18 Curve
12:50 Cut/Shave
13:00 Cycle
13:16 Dead Card
13:28 Dead On-Board
13:34 Deck Out
13:41 Thinning
13:55 Dies to Removal
14:07 Dig
14:11 Direct Dmg
14:16 Disruption
14:26 Rules/Policy Docs
14:54 Draft Chaff
15:02 Drain
15:08 Draw-Go
15:17 Dredge
15:25 Durdle
15:36 Eat
15:43 EDH/cEDH
15:59 Edict
16:05 Egg
16:10 Enabler
16:15 Engine
16:24 EoT, EtB, EV
16:45 Evasion
16:52 Evergreen
17:02 Extract
17:11 F6
17:21 Face, Dome, Upstairs
17:37 Fair/Unfair
18:02 Fast Mana
18:11 Fetch
18:14 Fish
18:18 Fizzle
18:23 Flample
18:28 Flashback
18:35 Flavor
18:43 Float
18:51 FNM
18:59 Fog
19:05 For the Win
19:11 (Eternal) Format
19:30 Free Spell
19:38 Gas
19:51 Get There
19:58 Glass Cannon
20:08 Go Ahead, Pass
20:14 Go Deep, Infinite, Off, Over/Under, Wide, Tall
21:03 God Pack
21:16 Goldfish
21:26 Good Stuff
21:39 Grind
21:56 Group/Bear Hug
22:12 Hard-Cast
22:20 Hard/Soft Counter
22:47 Has Legs
23:02 Hate-Bear
23:11 Hate Draft
23:20 Hedge
23:32 Hellbent
23:38 High Flying
23:44 Hit Runners
23:53 Hose
23:59 I.D.
24:13 Impulse Draw
24:26 In the Air
24:30 Inevitability
24:37 Jam
24:45 Jank
24:49 Judge
25:03 Karnstruct
25:17 Keyword
25:25 Kitchen Table
25:33 Land/Mana Base
25:42 Land Cycles
27:03 LD (Land Destruction)
27:09 Drop
27:14 Legal/Illegal
27:28 Lethal
27:40 LGS
27:43 (Hard/Soft) Lock
27:59 Loop
28:07 Loose
28:24 Loot/Rummage
28:35 Lord
28:42 Magical Christmas Land
28:50 Main Deck
28:55 Make 'em Have It
29:05 Mana Abbreviations
29:28 Mana Dork
29:36 Fixing
29:43 Flood/Screw
30:05 Mana Rock
30:10 Mana Sink
30:19 Math is for Blockers
30:32 MDFC
30:42 Metagame
30:50 Mill
30:57 Mirror Match/Breaker
31:11 MTG, MTGA, MTGO
31:31 Mulligan
31:40 Keep
31:46 Narrow
31:53 Nat(ural) Tron
32:04 Naturalize
32:09 Net Deck
32:14 Card Nicknames
33:01 Nonbo
33:12 Nut Draw
33:23 On a Stick
33:33 On-Board Trick
33:42 On Curve
33:53 On the Play/Draw
34:02 1-Of
34:10 Opener, Starting 7
34:16 Outlet
34:24 (Play to your) Outs
34:32 Over-Extend
34:45 Package
34:57 Paper
35:05 Payoff
35:14 Pile
35:23 Pile Shuffle
35:38 Pimp/Bling Out
35:51 Ping
35:59 Pip
36:06 Pitch
36:14 Play Around
36:24 Play Pattern
36:29 Playable
36:36 Player Psychographics
37:11 Playset
37:14 Pod
37:23 Point
37:28 Poke
37:34 Power Creep
37:53 Pressure
38:02 Pro Tour
38:14 Proxy
38:27 Pull/Open
38:38 Pump
38:43 Punt/Misplay
38:47 Race
39:00 Rainbow
39:08 Rare Draft
39:14 Reach
39:27 Reanimate
39:33 Recursion
39:41 Red Deck Wins
39:52 REL
40:23 Removal
40:32 Reps
40:39 Reserved List
40:57 Response
41:05 Rip
41:15 Ritual
41:21 Robots
41:26 Rogue Deck
41:31 Roll for 1st
41:39 Rotate
41:51 RTFC
42:00 Sac
42:05 Salty
42:11 (Un)Sanctioned
42:29 Sandbag
42:37 Scoop
42:42 Shark
42:53 Angle Shoot
43:07 Shatter
43:11 Shell
43:23 Ship It/The Turn
43:41 Shock
43:46 Shortcut
43:56 Side In/Out
44:02 Signal/Telegraph
44:18 Signpost Card
44:36 Silver Bullet
44:45 Singleton
44:51 Slow Roll
44:57 Snap Keep
45:03 Snowball
45:14 Sorcery-Speed
45:22 Spec
45:30 Spell
45:44 Spellslinger
45:50 Spice
45:54 Splash
46:02 Stabilize
46:12 Staple
46:21 Steal
46:26 Storm Off
46:35 Storm Scale
46:48 Strictly Better/Worse
46:59 Strip Mine, Wasteland
47:11 Superfriends
47:15 Sure, It's Good
47:27 Swing
47:37 Tank
47:49 Tapped Out, Shields Up/Down
48:00 Tax
48:07 Tech
48:16 The Rock
48:20 Thoughtseize
48:30 Tick Up/Down
48:38 Tier
48:46 Tilt
48:58 Time Walk
49:03 Toolbox
49:09 Top 8
49:18 Clean Cut
49:49 Draw Into/Out of Top 8
50:10 Dream Crush
50:18 (On the) Bubble
50:34 Topdeck
50:43 Top-Down, Bottom-Up
50:54 Trade Up/Down
51:05 Tribal
51:16 Tuck
51:22 Tutor
51:29 Ultimate
51:41 Value
51:52 Vanilla
51:59 Variance
52:09 Voltron
52:25 Weenie
52:43 Whiff
52:50 Win Con
52:56 Win More
53:03 Windmill Slam
53:11 Wish
53:17 Wotc
53:22 X Spell
53:27 'Yard
53:31 Zoo
53:38 Outro
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[@Randomperson-pk3ce]

Alright dude, sure, I’ll watch.

[@StrangeGamer859]

7:30 Ehehehe, he said Elesh Norn has a big butt...

[@Kayametra]

Pretty crazy after playing the game for almost 15 years that all these term you learn naturally, but when you look back on it, you realize how much you've learned without really trying

[@AmmiO2]

I remember the names and designs of the all the 1st and 2nd generation Pokemon, because they came out when I watched the cartoon and played the card and videogames, but nowadays I don't know any of the "newer" ones.

[@AmmiO2]

*Cubes are 360 cards minimum, not 320. Additional terms not included in the video: --Aristocrats: A deck that plays small creatures and a sac engine. --Multiplayer: Game with 3+ players (e.g. Commander) rather than only 2. --"Real"/Non-Game: If a player couldn't take meaningful actions (e.g. they got manascrewed or the opponent combos on turn 1-2), it could called a "non-game" or not a "real" game. Also refers to players who finish their match and continue playing for fun, the official match was the "real" game and the "for fun" games aren't "real". And yes, this comment is here because I hit the character limit in the video description with all the timecodes.

[@piercearora7681]

Bro you're awesome!

[@tsteak]

*cubes generally have a minimum size of 360, but really just refer to a custom draft format ranging from 90 card micro cubes to no upper bound

[@murlocaggrob2192]

I don't know if this is a difference between MtG and Hearthstone's vernacular, but to me jank isn't just a bad card. It's a card that's bad specifically because it's too gimmicky or restricted to be useful.

[@franslair2199]

​@@murlocaggrob2192yeah, jank isn't something like a 5 mana 3/2 with trample, it's a combo that needs you to have five specific permanents on the board. alt win cons are basically always jank

[@h3h3podcastclipper]

Tolarian Community College: "Here are some slangs to get you started playing MTG!" TheManaLogs: "Here are more slangs to get you started playing MTG." AmmiO2:

[@stickofbutter4144]

Small correction for proxy. Proxies are not always used in unofficial means. For sets with dfcs, often during drafts you use single sided list cards, where you check off what card you are playing, so that players that don’t use sleeves don’t have an advantage. Judges can also make proxies during tournaments, if they deem a card is not sleeve playable. A great example of this is the card nexus of fate. When it came it, it only was a foil buy a box promo, and was so warped, it was unplayable, requiring official proxies to be used in tournaments.

[@TheTillinger123]

the perfect video to show any friend of yours who´s intrested in magic, to have them turn their back on the game immediatly xD

[@xTobsecretx]

22:09 is that not what we call group slug?

[@stonepatberg]

I had always thought that stax was like stasis and taxes kinda just crammed together

[@memnun5615]

not untrue to stax's gameplan, i will choose to believe this etymology over the old "smokestacks" one

[@GuyFromCanada]

*Looks at clock, noticing it’s 3:00AM* “Yeah, I got time.”

[@enricogobbo7327]

Thank you, at least my friends can understand me when I talk to them about magic

[@riotron1026]

This is actually a very handy video as I wasn’t aware of all the lingo within the community so it’s good to know.

[@CptManboobs]

If they ever make an Un-set Melvin Legend, he needs to have the most convoluted tax effect imaginable

[@MrDrakDevel]

started 2018: I've always wondered if the turn "bricked" came from computing, as when a PC "bricks" it's stopped working due to a critical failure

[@memnun5615]

a few of these terms you defined by just saying the term again, noticed it around P with "play around" and "playable". otherwise, great video! *for people who genuinely don't know what those slang terms mean, here are some definitions Play Around: to take game actions expecting the opponent to have a certain card or effect available to them, and avoiding the potential risk of them doing that. for example, if your opponent has two untapped islands on your turn, you might not play your bomb on your turn to avoid it getting countered with counterspell. in that scenario, you would be "playing around" the opponent's counterspell. Playable: in a deckbuilding context, this refers to a card that fits in your deck's colors and does something your deck wants, though it may not be the most efficient version of that effect within the format; for example, in a mono red midrange deck, shivan dragon is considered "playable" because it's a 5/5 with flying that can utilize unspent mana to hit harder, though a card like glorybringer fulfills the job of a large flying creature with more flexibility. in gameplay, "playable" refers to cards that either improve your ability to win or mitigate your opponent's ability to win, when contrasted with a card being "unplayable," such as a removal spell when your opponent has no creatures, or a card that costs more mana than you have available to you. for example, a "playable 3 drop" would be a card that costs 3 mana of which you can pay, that can be used for its full intended effect; or you might here someone say their hand is "full of unplayable cards," referencing that they cannot be cast, or cannot be used productively.

[@user-po6kl5sz8r]

10:11 There technically are names for 4 color cards (or at least EDHREC uses these names). They are named after the Nephilim from Guildpact; WUBR is Yore-Tiller UBRG is Glint-Eye BRGW is Dune-Brood RGWU is Ink-Treader GWUB is Witch-Maw I personally don't think most magic players could name all (or any) of them but I do think they are worth mentioning

[@AmmiO2]

As far as I'm aware, the Nephilim names were only ever used because Wotc hasn't officially named them and they were the first 4-color cards. It's similar to how players referred to the 3-color triads pre-Alara/Tarkir with either phonetic soundings (RUG, BUG) or made up terms like "Junk" (Abzan) or "America" (Jeskai). I've rarely heard players use the Nephilim names, rather more often referred to as "4-color sans-(missing color)".

[@hesperosshamshael2873]

I just call them Nephalim (color) with the named color being what they *don't* have. Like a UBWG card being a Nephilim Red.

[@Silverhand264]

There are some other pet names for creatures along the same theme as Gary, Sad Robot and Prime Time. Den Protector is sometimes referred to as "Maternal Witness" as its card art depicts it as a mother carrying a child but it performs the same action as Eternal Witness. Tim is Prodigal Sorcerer in reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. People didnt wanna say his name all the time so he got Tim. Young Pyromancer is commonly called Young Peezy for mostly the same reason but this time hes not an old wizard but a young kid instead. Also I noticed you missed one that I've been playing recently. Elfball. Basically an Elf tribal deck because they quickly grow outta control because lots of elves produce mana which makes more elves which make mana so they roll together (usually over the opponent) hence the ball shape that is referred to

[@pauldickson3831]

Dog i just woke up after a panick attack and watched this without worrying about what time it is. This is the most relaxing thing ever. Your music is soo good

[@xano2663]

thank you very much. had a tough last year but the ulamog vs goyf in the "go over" with the goyf utering "eek" geuinely made me laugh

[@xTobsecretx]

This is an amazing list!

[@cris3758]

Loved it! Thank you so much!

[@astrosaur13]

cEDH... during a tournament, an opponent told me they mostly just play cEDH. Not knowing what it was, I said, "Oh, is that Canadian EDH?" He was annoyed at that question but ...I thought perhaps there was such a thing... oops.

[@MrHat.]

There is a format called Canadian Highlander.

[@astrosaur13]

@@MrHat. Ha! I thought I had heard that somewhere.

[@vicenbanus7136]

A guide for vintage cube will be nice. Love u r videos

[@IneptCardCollector]

I played Magic The Gathering once. I will now watch this. 25:48 worth it for the lands alone!!

[@astrosaur13]

I thought MTGO was sometimes referred to as MODO: Magic Online Digital Object.

[@travisrose7164]

Dang, if I wasn't on a time crunch I'd watch this right now. Gonna have to save this for later.

[@veldin4108]

this is fantastic

[@annayosh]

'Singleton' can also refer to a 1-of (in a non-singleton format).

[@jutheto]

Flample, my beloved

[@PointEndClick]

This video is awesome.

[@ContainsIt]

1-of's specifically are also referred to sometimes as misers copies

[@dangermunkdelta]

The origin given for the name "Magic: the Gathering" is not quite right. Originally, the plan was for each set to have its own subtitle and its own card back, as in "Magic: Arabian Nights" and "Magic: Ice Age". "The Gathering" was meant to be the subtitle of the first set. Eventually, the plan was scrapped, and "Magic: the Gathering" became the name of the entire game.

[@daem0nfaust]

Doing gods' work

[@MajestixComicsClix]

Awesome video! Watching Mengu's videos, I believe he uses EVERY single one of these, lol. Also, not gonna lie, when you got to "M" I started to get triggered... hehe

[@AmmiO2]

"M" is my brand at this point; I can't deny the people.

[@WishMakers]

7:30 I spat my drink after doing other things and zoning out while listening to this

[@Fadeways]

15:35 The meaning of 'eat' that I'm familiar with is when a creature is big enough to win combat without trading. E.g. sheoldred eats attackers so she's good for stabilizing the board.

[@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle]

The term "eat" broadly gets used to describe one cards removing one or more other cards from play. (Ex: "my scooze eats your atraxa", "I cast prizefight and my token eats your creature", "I cast Gods willing and my creature eats your attacker")

[@rastapancake9428]

Thanks

[@nathanseverson-baker3412]

Very cool! This would be a great video for new players

[@mrjey3434]

I think extraction effect comes from the card 'Extract'

[@nathannjh]

Nice

[@ultrabendol8411]

Never heard anyone call a group slug deck a bear hug one, but that's only semantics. I guess there's 301 terms now :)

[@zeusalternative1270]

Idk if this counts but I heard "cash" used in a planeswalker who has the exact loyalty to activate his ultimate so you "cash it" by getting rid of him but getting the ultimate.

[@Lunamowon]

Alrighttt itme to watch this

[@mirorwarior1689]

1 hour of lecture about mtg ...i lived long enough.

[@moxrelated764]

Cool how those are mostly for the us player. We do use most of them but we have other too

[@gyrasolune5436]

I still will always hate how 'counter' refers to two completely different game things and I'm surprised some silly unset card hasn't played with that. Like a cleave card that says [Put a +1/+1] counter [on] target spell.

[@Randomperson-pk3ce]

31:20, wasn’t there a mtg client before mtgo? I remember watching a video about it one time. It isn’t playable anymore but It once existed. Edit: it was called magic duels, harrymtg made a video about it.

[@MrHat.]

Yeah there were older ways to play Magic Digitally, but they always had some limitation in regards to either card pool or rules system.

[@spicymints2655]

An egg is more specifically a zero mana artifact, not really a artifact that sacs for a card, although mishra's bauble is both.

[@matteng9463]

Eggs refer to a set of cards from Mirage block that sac for mana and draw cards. The term ended up being used for any cheap artifact that draws a card. I think what you're referring to here are "cheerios".

[@karolstopinski8350]

Still looking for a term that describes your opening hand where you have the right ratio of lands to spells and the spells are on curve but lands are in different colors than spells so the hand is technically unplayable :)

[@AmmiO2]

Color-screwed.

[@tinvahtaric8680]

Did the "Cheese Stands Alone" un-set card predate the term cheese?

[@AmmiO2]

I don't think so since the term "Cheese" is used in games broadly, not just MTG.

[@ZackWind]

I think that's all of them, except for "bear test". Does this creature pass the bear test? 🐻

[@gillgillgillgillgill]

as someone who has only been playing for ~3 years...i still don't get "cantrip". i feel like "2 mana" and "draw and" are the things i always see in relation to the word, but this definition doesnt use either term? just a card that replaces itself? idk man

[@xXSamir44Xx]

Cantrips are just cheap spells that replace themselves.

[@AmmiO2]

Traditional cantrips are things like Ponder and Opt, but you can also say things like Omnath "cantrips" when it enters.

[@GerBessa]

Original cantrips are spells that draw a card that started in Ice Age (those are called "slow cantrips" as you only drew at the next upkeep). They are often not very good as the extra card is paid in mana. Ex : 2B for draining 1 life and drawing a card, or 6R for 3 damages to any target and drawing a card. The good ones are those with very compact effect and low cost, mainly ponder, preordain, opt, consider and serum visions. They are the cards refered as "cantrips" because they are the only competitively viable ones in constructed.

[@racisboy]

Another definition for the word Tank is when you don't block any of your opponents attackers, So I'll tank the hit. Especially when your life is getting dangerously low or keeping your creatures around is more valuable for a different reason.

[@bee5464]

Alright, found my nightime white noise.

[@willhollie6628]

👍

[@MTGreat202]

Checks schedule. Yep I got time

[@WomenRespecter9000]

French Vanilla refers to creatures that only have keyworded abilities. Serra Angel is a french vanilla creature. Also, you missed Ping (to deal 1 damage to something).

[@kiramini22]

the effort. just the effort is enough

[@mrmarklin]

Checkmate

[@KatlsNalcrateo]

I'm going to watch the entire thing eventually, but please, I beg of you to use timestamps for different words

[@AmmiO2]

Added just for you ; )

[@KatlsNalcrateo]

@@AmmiO2 thank you kindly

[@FrozenSpector]

0:37 why’d you use an unofficial card back for this?

[@AmmiO2]

It was a mistake. Thank you for pointing it out. I will replace the image for future videos.

[@SirToastyToes]

Oh no... I knew all of them

[@jakethehokage6200]

young PZ ?!?!?!

[@aaronm.885]

7:25 Funny.

[@thesaurusakasickakatheomc7688]

The term "Bolt the Bird" makes me wish Shock was competitively viable, because then we'd all be talking about "Shocking the Monkey" God, I hope nobody calls that a Coal Chamber reference...

[@shikabaneconga]

i thought stax was stacking taxes

[@FrozenSpector]

Bear is specifically 2/2 for 1 Generic and 1 Color of Mana

[@GerBessa]

Meddling mage is considered a hatebear. So is Gaddock Teeg.

[@Woke-CardBoard]

You missed one. Reprint the reserve list!!! Hear hear!!!

[@sshroom7713]

"Get In" did not make the list

[@maxscherzer9521]

MODO, not "MOTO"

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

MAN - UH NOT MON - AH

[@jeznjezn4091]

Jam - to cast spells into counterspells to get rid of them cut - cutting a deck steal- winning a game you shouldnt have won, you stole a game.

[@alext.1244]

Eyyy thats my mtgo username! DeadOnBoard! >.