Cavalcade and Power of an attacking creature
Asked by Boza 5 years ago
Grasping Scoundrel is 1/1, but as long as it is attacking, it is a 2/1.
New RNA card Cavalcade of Calamity triggers when a creature with power 1 or less attacks?
Will it trigger for scoundrel though?
That makes a lot of sense, but this newer template of "as long as it is attacking" threw me off. Thanks!
January 28, 2019 10:15 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3
No, it won't trigger. Except for "leaves the battlefield" triggers (including "dies"), triggered abilities check conditions immediately after an event to see if they should trigger. Grasping Scoundrel is a 2/1 after you declare it as an attacker and won't trigger Cavalcade of Calamity .
This specific question happens to be covered in this week's issue of Cranial Insertion. To be totally honest, I was very unsure of the answer to this question before I read the article.
January 28, 2019 3:08 p.m.
I knew this templating was tricky. Tricky Nicky strikes again (Nicol Bolas has nothing to do with this, but I wanted to write out Tricky Nicky)!
I have re-marked the correct answer, thanks to both!
Gidgetimer says... #1
"Attacks" is shorthand for "is declared as an attacker". In the case of Grasping Scoundrel you declared a 1/1 attacking. Once it attacks it is a 2/1, but a 1/1 was declared as attacking. This means that Cavalcade of Calamity will trigger for it.
January 28, 2019 7:28 a.m.