what exactly is a "tuck" card in EDH?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Nov. 11, 2015, 5:12 p.m. by CheeseBro
What is a "tuck" card in EDH?
Evil_Smurf says... #3
A card like Chaos Warp that can take a card from a zone, and put it back in the library.
November 11, 2015 5:20 p.m.
Lightpulsar9 says... #4
A "tuck" card is a spell that puts a card into a player's deck. Spell Crumple and Oblation are two good examples of cards that do this well. They used to be much more important until a recent change made it so that tuck cards didn't affect the commander. So if your commander would be "tucked", or put into your deck, you now have the option of putting it back into the command zone. Tuck is fairly irrelevent now other than being a pseudo-removal/counter spell.
November 11, 2015 5:21 p.m.
Because of this ruling(http://mtgcommander.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17560) tuck cards aren't that great in edh anymore.
November 11, 2015 5:21 p.m.
Just because you can't Tuck a commander doesn't mean they aren't useful. Graveyard shenanigans are very popular and very powerful, so tucking a spell or permanent can be very powerful.
November 11, 2015 5:27 p.m.
Tuck was removed from hitting Commanders so all cards that do so are not as relevant anymore.
November 11, 2015 5:28 p.m. Edited.
MagicalHacker says... #8
I consider the new definition of tucking to be any card that can make a commander unavailable for commander, whether it's via effects like Nevermore, Treachery, Humility, etc.
Full list here: MagicalHacker - List of All "Tuck" Cards
November 11, 2015 6:38 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #9
Tucking a permanent can still be useful. I guess it depends on whether your opponent is more likely to reanimate or tutor.
JWiley129 says... #2
"tuck" refers to putting a card on the bottom of its owner's library. For example: Hinder, Condemn, Bant Charm, Terminus, etc.
November 11, 2015 5:17 p.m.