10 Most Infuriating Cards In Magic: The Gathering

An enormous percentage of creature cards in MTG have effects which only trigger when they enter the battlefield. Blizzard’s card game, Hearthstone, calls this ability Battlecry but Magic doesn’t have a specified term for this. Regardless, many creatures, including staple creatures in most decks, have it. From Sin Collector to Eternal Witness, these cards can make up the fundamentals of a deck or can be give you the effects which let you finally win that drawn out game.

For only two mana, in any combination of colours or colourlessness you like, you can completely shut this mechanic down. Yup, Torpor Orb blocks these effects completely. What’s more, as it specifies that creatures entering the battlefield don’t trigger abilities, any existing cards you might have on the board that trigger when a creature enters now just don’t. That Angel’s Tomb you have on the board to produce some angels when you play a creature? Nope, it doesn’t trigger.