I just ran into a seemingly weird interaction with my Sydri, Galvanic Genius.
I have a Planeswalker and a Mycosynth Lattice out and animate my Planeswalker with Sydri's first activated ability. The Planeswalker is now an Artifact Creature that's still a Planeswalker. At least that's what Sydri's ruling says:
If the noncreature artifact had any other supertypes, types, or subtypes, it will keep those. In most cases, the artifact creature won’t have any creature types. (2013-10-17)
So far, so good. Planeswalkers, animated by Sydri would lose loyalty counters when they are dealt damage. That's, what brought me to a halt. Let's take a look at Sarkhan the Masterless's ruling:
Once Sarkhan’s first loyalty ability has resolved, each planeswalker you control (including Sarkhan) is no longer a planeswalker for the rest of the turn. They don’t lose any loyalty counters or abilities, and you can still activate their loyalty abilities if you haven’t done so yet this turn. They don’t lose loyalty if they’re dealt damage while they’re not planeswalkers. (2019-05-03)
What is the difference between those wordings that in one case the Planeswalkers won't lose their "planeswalkeriness" and in the other, they do? Seems inconsistent to me.
In general, if an effect says a permanent "becomes a ... creature" without specifying—
that it's a creature in addition to its other types (as in Tezzeret's Touch),
that it's an "artifact creature" (as in Sydri's first ability or Tezzeret the Schemer), or
that it's "still a [type, supertype, or subtype]" (e.g., "it's still a planeswalker") (as in Gideon Blackblade),
that effect removes all card types, not specified by the effect, that the permanent has, including artifact and planeswalker (C.R. 205.1a-b, 300.1). Note that "becom[ing] an artifact creature" is treated differently by the rules than, say, "becom[ing] a land creature" or "becom[ing] an enchantment creature" or, as in the case of Sarkhan's first loyalty ability, "becom[ing] a ... Dragon creature" (compare C.R. 205.1b with C.R. 205.1a).
EDIT: Edited slightly after comment 3 was posted.
EDIT (Sep. 16): Correctness edit.
Note that "becom[ing] an artifact creature" is treated differently by the rules than, say, "becom[ing] a land creature" or "becom[ing] an enchantment creature" or, as in the case of Sarkhan's first loyalty ability, "becom[ing] a ... Dragon creature" (compare C.R. 205.1b with C.R. 205.1a).
That clears things up a lot, but it still seems very unintuitive.
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I have a Planeswalker and a Mycosynth Lattice out and animate my Planeswalker with Sydri's first activated ability. The Planeswalker is now an Artifact Creature that's still a Planeswalker. At least that's what Sydri's ruling says:
So far, so good. Planeswalkers, animated by Sydri would lose loyalty counters when they are dealt damage. That's, what brought me to a halt. Let's take a look at Sarkhan the Masterless's ruling:
What is the difference between those wordings that in one case the Planeswalkers won't lose their "planeswalkeriness" and in the other, they do? Seems inconsistent to me.
EDIT: Edited slightly after comment 3 was posted.
EDIT (Sep. 16): Correctness edit.
That clears things up a lot, but it still seems very unintuitive.