by jmmeye2
Cardboardjunkie wrote:
jmmeye2 wrote:
Cardboardjunkie wrote:
I don't think your Gargoyle works quite right though. It says while guarding he loses 5 armor and becomes a creature with Flying. If he's guarding, he's grounded anyway, so the flying is moot.
The Flying trait allows it to attack other flying creatures.
I changed the "and" to "or" to be more clear that these are separate instances which it will become a creature.
You should just say something like "Pay 1 mana upon activation, and Gargoyle becomes a creature with zero armor and Flying"
Having flying while guarding doesn't change whether or not he can counterattack flying creatures...
Here is the rule from page 19 of the rulebook:
"If a Flying creature guards, it loses the Flying trait for as long as it has the guard marker"
I am not sure why it is using a trigger type syntax for what should be a static rule like "Ignore any Flying trait on any creature while it is guarding". Since it is a trigger type, the controller of Gargoyle could chose to trigger the lose Flying first, then gain Flying back. This is weird and should be avoided.
I changed the Gargoyle text without changing its desired behavior. Let me know if this is better now.