810.7a Each team's creatures attack the other team as a group. During the combat phase, the active team is the attacking team and each player on the active team is an attacking player. Likewise, the nonactive team is the defending team and each player on the nonactive team is a defending player.
Hmm but morph doesn't use the cost:effect model that activated abilities are defined as.
That's because it isn't an activated ability. Unmorphing a face-down creature is a special action you may take any time you have priority. As such, Training Grounds will not reduce morph costs.
No, it falls off, because the Crusader now has protection from white and thus can't be enchanted by white enchantments.
My second question is Angel of Jubilation won't allow Thoughtweft Trio to successfully be casted, correct? Since players can't sacrifice creatures for a spell?
Not correct. Trio does not require that a player sacrifice a creature to cast it. Rather, once it enters the battlefield, its champion trigger asks that you either exile another Kithkin you control or that you sacrifice the Trio. This trigger isn't related to actually casting the Trio.
Have you ever heard of Time Vault? Even outside of that, a repeatable tutor is nice, I've heard.
Good PWs:
Elspeth and Jace are unsurprisingly at the top of my list (other way around, obv.) Gideon has performed very well in recent Standards. As a 3-mana 'walker, Liliana 2.0 is having a noticeable effect on most formats (don't know about Vintage).
These are the ones that have stuck out recently (at least afaik).
Also realize that the very expensive PWs (Bolas notably) just don't have enough board impact to justify paying eight (or whatever) mana for them, especially when the answers to those 'walkers cost two or three mana.
Has wizards ever banned a card from a limited environment before??
No. Jitte was/is the most ban-worthy card up to (and still through) now, and it wasn't banned. I certainly don't expect a ban on the Rat coming anytime soon.
Senior is correct. The second Exploration is a different object, even if it's the same card. The permission that the second Exploration grants to play an additional land exists independently from the first Exploration and the permission it granted.
Morphling here. Nothing too in-your-face but vaguely smug.
That's because it isn't an activated ability. Unmorphing a face-down creature is a special action you may take any time you have priority. As such, Training Grounds will not reduce morph costs.
Not correct. Trio does not require that a player sacrifice a creature to cast it. Rather, once it enters the battlefield, its champion trigger asks that you either exile another Kithkin you control or that you sacrifice the Trio. This trigger isn't related to actually casting the Trio.
Edit: There are 6743 creatures, if that helps.
(Gatherer, including un-creatures)
Yes. Protection stops four things:
Damage
Enchanting/equipping/fortifying
Blocking
Targeting
Blessing targets only before it resolves, so none of these apply. You will be able to get in your extra damage unblocked.
If you cast and resolved Brave the Elements first, then you wouldn't have a target for your Blessing.
edit: wowwwww nath'd
Have you ever heard of Time Vault? Even outside of that, a repeatable tutor is nice, I've heard.
Good PWs:
Elspeth and Jace are unsurprisingly at the top of my list (other way around, obv.) Gideon has performed very well in recent Standards. As a 3-mana 'walker, Liliana 2.0 is having a noticeable effect on most formats (don't know about Vintage).
These are the ones that have stuck out recently (at least afaik).
Also realize that the very expensive PWs (Bolas notably) just don't have enough board impact to justify paying eight (or whatever) mana for them, especially when the answers to those 'walkers cost two or three mana.
No. Jitte was/is the most ban-worthy card up to (and still through) now, and it wasn't banned. I certainly don't expect a ban on the Rat coming anytime soon.
Nowhere there does it say this change is limited to the next ten core sets.