Through the Breach

Arcane Subtype Lore

New 04 Sep 2023 Asked by cursedereaper 48 Comments

What would Arcane be outside of Kamigawa?
The lore says Arcane cards are the spells used by the Kami by channeling magic from their realm.
Is it fair to assume that Arcane spells are those that rach across realms? Could there be (lore wise) Arcane spells linked to Theores/Kaldheim gods and Eldrazi? The alternative art of through the breach at least implies possible relations to the blind eternities


The subtype Arcane can mean different things on different worlds.

Praise for Saw in Half

New 15 May 2023 Asked by krobat 39 Comments

Hi Mark, I just got to Through the Breach an Archon of Cruelty on my opponent's end step and then Saw in Half it the same step to untap with two of them. Saw in Half is such a cool card, please give my applause to whoever designed it (especially if it's you)!


I think Chris Mooney designed it, but I’m not 100% sure. It wasn’t me.

Red Reanimation Mechanics

New 27 Jan 2019 Asked by viewfromthesky 35 Comments

Red has powerful tools like Through the Breach to cheat creatures into play for one turn. Could Red also conceivably get the same effect but bringing back a creature from the graveyard? Seems to me it's very similar to giving "unearth" to a creature, which has been Red before.


Red can reanimate a creature for a turn.

Energy vs Splice

New 05 Sep 2016 Asked by subbak 45 Comments

Energy spell having a use outside of energy either because they still have another effect, or because they give you energy so you can spend it for the spell's effect, doesn't make this non-Parasitic. With the exception of Evermind, you can still play Splice onto Arcane spells in decks with no other Arcane spells, and it's often done with Through the Breach and with Desperate Ritual, in different Modern decks.


I never said Energy wasn’t parasitic. I said it was significantly less than parasitic than Splice onto Arcane. Splice onto Arcane is an additive (and powerful) ability. Spells with it have to pay extra for the ability so you have very little incentive to play a Splice spell you never plan to splice.Energy, in contrast, gives you an ability with the proper amount of energy to use that ability. Because there’s an Energy economy (each energy expenditure values Energy at the same rate), there is less requirement to play other Energy cards. Yes, there is some Energy synergy in that you get more choices, but that synergy is worth far less than the ability to repeatedly get an effect without costing a card.


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