The Chains’ effect replaces the card drawing event with one instruction, and then depending on whether that instruction was completed or not, you will get one of two possible additional instructions. Basically, if you would draw a card, you instead discard a card.

Is Dredge a replacement effect?

The dredge ability seems a lot like a trigger, but it’s not — it’s a replacement effect that modifies the event of drawing a card. This is great if you can somehow trick your Dredge opponent into drawing a card.

Why is Chains of Mephistopheles good?

why is chains of mephistopheles such a good card in tasigur? It cuts off anything that says “draw a card” and you’re playing a deck that doesn’t use many of those, with a card advantage engine in the command zone that doesn’t say “draw a card” either.

What is the reserved list MTG?

The Reserved List is a list of Magic: The Gathering cards that will never be reprinted in order to preserve their value on the secondary market. The Reprint Policy featuring the Reserved List was first published by Wizards of the Coast on March 4, 1996, was revised in 2002 and again in 2010.

Can you respond to a dredge trigger?

Since it’s not an activated or triggered ability, Dredge does not use the stack, so it’s not possible to respond to it. “Responding” means putting something on the stack above the thing you’re responding to, so it’s never possible to respond to replacement effects which are never on the stack.

What happens when chains of Mephistopheles replaces a draw?

All other draws will be affected. Here’s what happens when Chains of Mephistopheles replaces a player’s draw: — If that player has at least one card in their hand, they discard a card and then draws a card. — If that player’s hand is empty, they put the top card of their library into their graveyard.

How does mill effect work in Magic The Gathering?

If the player doesn’t discard a card this way, they mill a card. The effect is cumulative. If there are two of these on the battlefield, each of them will modify each draw (after the first one if during the draw step), and will cause the player to discard or to “mill” a card from their library.

Is the disenchantment for the chains still good?

It makes them loot, which is still a great ability, in other words it doesn’t kill those crucial cards, it merely makes them less great. And as for finding the disenchant for the Chains, it is just as good.