How do level-up cards interact with Rayami?
Asked by beninator 4 years ago
Hey y'all. I was brewing up a Rayami. First of the Fallen deck and I did a gatherer search of cards with Protection since Rayami can gain that. One of the cards was Hexdrinker , which, among other things, has "Protection from Everything" written on it. My question is if Hexdrinker is exiled by Rayami's ability, does Rayami get Protection from Everything? Part of me thinks "Well it's written on the card so she gets it" but another part of me thinks "I'm probably missing something about the level-up rules." This question would also extend to other level-up cards as well but I feel Hexdrinker is the most significant one since if this does work it would be possible to give Rayami Protection from everything for as little as one green mana if you had a free sacrifice outlet.
Thanks in advance!
Yeah, that helps. From the rule wording I gather that without the requisite level counters, the text for a given level is treated as not being on the card. That doesn't make a TON of sense but it's more than good enough for me, thanks!
Madcookie says... Accepted answer #1
What I managed to find on the topic is that level-up creatures have certain abilities only when they have X amount of level counters on them and that whenever they are in zone different that the battlefield they are considered to be in their unleveled state.
In other words say your Hexdrinker is level 8, dies and you exile it with Rayami. In the exile zone that Hexdrinker can't have level counters, is considered a 2/1 creature with no abilities other that level up for and Rayami shouldn't get anything from it.
710.2. A level symbol is a keyword ability that represents a static ability. The level symbol includes either a range of numbers, indicated here as “N1-N2,” or a single number followed by a plus sign, indicated here as “N3+.” Any abilities printed within the same text box striation as a level symbol are part of its static ability. The same is true of the power/toughness box printed within that striation, indicated here as “[P/T].”
710.2a “{LEVEL N1-N2} [Abilities] [P/T]” means “As long as this creature has at least N1 level counters on it, but no more than N2 level counters on it, it has base power and toughness [P/T] and has [abilities].”
also
710.6. In every zone other than the battlefield, a leveler card has the power and toughness denoted by its uppermost power/toughness box.
Hope this helps, cheers!
August 11, 2019 1:35 p.m.