Does removing all abilities from a creature also remove abilities granted by equipment?

Asked by Gordeaux 5 years ago

I recently encountered a situation where an opponent had Swiftfoot Boots on his Atraxa, Praetors' Voice and I played Polymorphist's Jest to remove "all abilities" so it would no longer have hexproof for the turn and be targetable. Would I be able to target it for removal or does the fact that the equipment bestows hexproof on the creature mean that the 1/1 frog had hexproof and haste? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1

According to rule 613, Swiftfoot Boots (abiity-adding effect) and Polymorphist's Jest (ability-removing effect) are in the same layer, so they apply in timestamp order. This means if Atraxa, Praetors' Voice is equipped with Swiftfoot Boots when Jest resolves, Atraxa loses hexproof and haste due to Jest being the newer effect.

October 15, 2018 12:45 a.m.