Terms to Know (new)

[Silent1236]

Along with Magic comes a whole onslaught of terms to figure out.  Here is a list of them laid out for you!

Color Combinations

Ravnica Guild Names/Dual Color Combos
{W}{U} - Azorius: Bureaucracy, taxing, keywords - Forecast/Detain
{U}{B} - Dimir (secret underground group): Secret control, keywords - Transmute/Cipher
{B}{R} - Rakdos: Mayem, Reckless, keywords - Hellbent/Unleash
{R}{G} - Gruul: Big Beats, keywords - Bloodthirst/Bloodrush
{G}{W} - Selensnya: Unity & Harmony, Tokens, keywords - Convoke/Populate
{W}{B} - Orzhov: Bleeding, ghosts, keywords - Haunt/Extort
{U}{R} - Izzet: Inventors, Mad Scientists, keywords - Replicate/Overload
{B}{G} - Golgari: Cycle of Life, keywords - Dredge/Scavenge
{R}{W} - Boros: Righteous Military, keywords - Radiance/Batallion
{U}{G} - Simic: Biological Scientists, keywords - Graft/Evolve

Alara Shards/Allied Three Color Combinations
{G}{W}{U} - Bant
{W}{U}{B} - Esper
{U}{B}{R} - Grixis
{B}{R}{G} - Jund
{R}{G}{W} - Naya

Wedge Colors (one color and its two 'enemy' colors)
{W}{R}{B} - Mardu/Ugly/Brick/PMS/Borzhov/Dega
{U}{R}{G} - Temur/RUG/Ceta
{B}{G}{W} - Abzan/Junk/Necra
{R}{W}{U} - Jeskai/U.S.A./Raka
{G}{U}{B} - Sultai/BUG/Ana

General Terms

Bleed = Loss of life either over time or recursive ({Blood Artist})
Board Wipe/Sweep/Wrath = Destroying all creatures on the battlefield ({Wrath of God}, {Day of Judgment}, etc)
Bounce = To return a card to its owner's hand (see: {Unsummon})
Broken = A card with a ridiculously good ability for a low cost (basically any of the Power 9)
Burn = Direct damage spells ({Shock}, {Lightning Bolt}, etc)
CMC = Converted Mana Cost
Chump Block/Chump = To block a big creature with a smaller creature to prevent you from taking damage
Counters = Any spell that counters other spells ({Counterspell}, {Spell Snare}, etc)
Crack = Term used to show that you are activating a fetch land ({Misty Rainforest})
Denials = Cards that prevent your opponent from using an aspect of their deck ({Iona, Shield of Emeria}, {Psychic Venom}, etc)
Drain = An effect that gives a creature -X/-X ({Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief}) or to describe effects like {Corrupt}
ETB = Enters The Battlefield (mostly used to describe effects such as {Thragtusk}'s)
Evasive = Any creature with Unblockable, Cannot be blocked, or Protection from Whatever ({Invisible Stalker}, {Progenitus}, etc)
Flicker = Describes the card {Flicker}'s effect
Floating Mana = Mana in the mana pool that is still unused (seen with {Omnath, Locus of Mana} and similar effects)
Fog = Prevent all damage dealt to you ({Fog}, {Safe Passage}, etc)
Goldfishing = Playing a deck against an imaginary opponent to see how long it takes a deck to deal lethal damage
Grip = Your hand
Jank = Something that is pretty powerful, but usually unplayable ({Door to Nothingness}, {Battle of Wits})
Kingmaker = In multiplayer, to make a different player win the game
Kung-Fu Grip/God Keep = Excellent or perfect hand (usually your starting hand)
Loop = When something occurs until a player stops it (3 {Oblivion Ring}s out at once, targeting each other)
Mill = Directly removing cards from a player's library ({Millstone}, {Mind Grind}, etc)
Moxen = The five "Mox" cards in the Power 9
Permission = Responsive spells that force your opponent to ask permission to play anything ({Mana Leak})
Ping = Dealing a small amount of damage, usually one, to creatures or players
Power 9 = What are considered to be the 9 most powerful cards in MtG ({Black Lotus}, {Mox Pearl}, {Mox Jet}, {Mox Emerald}, {Mox Sapphire}, {Mox Ruby}, {Ancestral Recall}, {Time Walk}, {Timetwister})
Ramp = Using cards to get more than the standard amount of mana per turn ({Rampant Growth}, {Llanowar Elves}, etc)
Recursion = Permanents and spells coming back from the graveyard
Removal = Card that kills/destroys other permanents ({Doom Blade}, {Wrath of God}, {Murder}, etc)
Scoop = To take your hand and scoop up your permanents, indicating that you concede
Splash = Adding a small amount of a color to a deck for specific purposes
Strictly Better = Term used to compare cards that are nearly identical, but one more is favorable (i.e. {Lightning Bolt} vs. {Shock})
Tempo = Term used when a player is able to play more/stronger cards in a shorter period of time due to efficient resource allocation
Top Decking = Drawing into a card when you need it (illustrated with Miracle cards like {Terminus})
Uncracked = A fetch land ({Misty Rainforest}) that has been left on the table instead of activated is considered "uncracked"

Deck Types

Burn = Decks utilizing burn spells to reduce their opponent's life total
Control = Decks (generally using blue) that focus on counter magic and denial
Eggs = Decks that utilize various different artifacts (eggs) that you "crack" to create a giant combo utilizing cards with {Second Sunrise}-esque effects
Flash = Decks that utilize instants and creatures with flash that can be played on the opponent's turn. 
Midrange = Field and card advantages with cards that give at least a 2 for one ability ({Thragtusk}, {Huntmaster of the Fells}, {Restoration Angel})
Mill = Decks that reduce their opponent's library count to 0
Pillow Fort = A deck that builds a "fort" that attempts to completely stop their opponent from winning
Pod = Refers to decks utilizing the card {Birthing Pod}
RDW = Red Deck Wins; Uses mono red aggro to win before the opponent is given much reaction time
Superfriends = A deck that relies heavily on the use of Planeswalkers to secure the win
Voltron = A deck utilising one creature, using Auras and Equipments to enhance that creatures potency. E.g. {Zur, the Enchanter}, {Thraximunder}
Tribal = Decks using almost nothing but one creature type (Elves, Goblins, etc)


Formats

# Headed Giant = Multiplayer team games with # being the number of players per team (generally two)
EDH/Commander = Format where players have 100 card decks and can only have one of each card and one general, or commander, who counts as the 100th card (has a ban list)
Legacy = All sets are legal (has a ban list)
Limited = Draft and sealed (usually done with new sets)
Modern = All cards from 8th Edition to present (has a ban list)
Standard = The last two blocks and the core sets released after them
Vintage = Similar to Legacy, but with a restricted list (This means that only one copy of a card is allowed per deck, including sideboard) as well as a banned list.

General Forum-Speak

ISO = Stands for "In Search Of."  You'll see that around the trade section
Bump = Bump up my post!  People use this to "bump" their post back up to the top of the board

[Kaleo42]

Borzhov is becoming widely accepted as te name for {W}{R}{B}

[Agarrita80]

Or Germany

[Iandtormentor]

Or Germany

why?

[Kagain123]

Nazi flag colors.

[Crisys]

For deck types: tempo, because I still have no idea what that means lol

[Slenderbro]

And flash decks such as uw flash.
This style primarily uses instants or creatures with flash to play on the enemy turn for a mana advantage.
(Or the infamous hulk flash deck, just winning before they can think whether to mulligan or not)
Cant forget flash decks now.

[FlickerYourOwnIdentity]

Borzhov is becoming widely accepted as te name for {W}{R}{B}

I've heard Brew a few times.
I heard dega was the right one

[Dudecore]

For deck types: tempo, because I still have no idea what that means lol

Tempo is a term used when a player is able to play more/stronger cards in a shorter period of time due to efficient resource allocation. There are different forms of Tempo: ramping (mana acceleration), resource denial (land destruction, discard, permission), or simply being efficient. If you're able to play a 1-drop on turn 1, then a 2-drop on turn 2, ect, ect. You've hit a tempo. It's just like the Musical equivilant - tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. In game terms it's basically your ability to push the speed/pace of the game.

{Path to Exile} is a card that gives up Tempo - while it may seem obvious that you remove their creature, you also give them a land when they normally wouldn't have played one. Giving your opponents more resources is usually a bad thing. {Swords to Plowshares} does not give up tempo - because the amount of life you have is actually irrelevant, the goal of the game is to bring your opponent to 0.

[Iandtormentor]

Nazi flag colors.

oh, ok

[Mlerner12]

Wrathing is a very common term for board wipes. Players just refer to {wrath of god}

Don't forget thu curly brackets!

[Mlerner12]

Wrathing is a very common term for board wipes. Players just refer to {wrath of god}

Don't forget thu curly brackets!

Why would someone dislike this? Maybe people just don't like me....

[Mlerner12]

Sorry.

[Mlerner12]

I still think people here don't like me

[Mikefrompluto]

I still think people here don't like me

Nah man, you're good. Some people just have fragile egos.