Question about Distant Melody interaction with artifacts
Asked by Kaleidescope 6 years ago
If you pick artifact as the creature type would you also draw a card for each non-creature artifact that you have in play?
No, and no. Artifact is not a creature type, it's a supertype. Creature types are Elf, Warrior, Kithkin, Wizard, etc. Hope that helps.
June 9, 2017 12:57 p.m.
"Artifact" isn't a creature type, it's a card type so you can't choose it for Distant Melody. Creature types are things like Elves, Humans, Snakes and the like and they appear after the "-" on a creature card. So, for example, Vector Asp has the card types of "Artifact" and "Creature" and the creature type of "Snake".
June 9, 2017 12:59 p.m.
@vishnarg, artifact isn't a supertype either. Supertypes are things like Basic, Legendary and Snow.
June 9, 2017 1:01 p.m.
For future reference Kaleidescope, questions about rules interactions should go in the Rules Q&A forum, conveniently located on the menu bar up top, second to last.
June 9, 2017 1:06 p.m.
Kaleidescope says... #6
Thanks for the replies, sorry for having this in the wrong section.
June 9, 2017 1:15 p.m.
Oh I did not know that @Lame_Duck! But really that's talking semantics at that point. Interesting though!
June 9, 2017 2:58 p.m.
The distinction isn't entirely semantic; it matters for things like Tarmogoyf and Delirium cards.
June 9, 2017 5:03 p.m.
You can't choose artifact as the creature type. Artifact is a card type, not a creature type. However, you could choose a creature type of an artifact creature.
PlattBonnay says... Accepted answer #1
Artifact is a card type, not a creature type, so you cannot choose "artifact" for Distant Melody.
June 9, 2017 12:55 p.m.