Adding deathtouch to Caltrops - This works, right?
Asked by TypicalTimmy 2 years ago
I have Caltrops in play. Using a temporary method, such as Karn, Silver Golem, I turn Caltrops into a creature until end of turn. With it now a creature, I cycle Void Beckoner and put a deathtouch counter on it and move to my end step.
Caltrops ceases to be a creature, but still has a deathtouch counter on it.
Now, whenever a creature attacks, Caltrops deals 1 damage to it and subsequently kills it. Correct?
TypicalTimmy says... #2
Gross. That's a pretty good lock. Better than Ensoul Artifact because creature removal is far more prevalent than non-creature removal. Sure things such as Beast Within exist but those are not in every deck, whereas some sort of kill spell or ability is.
Yesterday says... Accepted answer #1
That's correct. There's no rule that states that the keyword counters only grant those keywords to the permanent they're on if that permanent is a creature. Now, a bunch of those ability keywords functionally do nothing for noncreatures, but some (like deathtouch, lifelink, indestructible) can still have application.
May 15, 2022 1:59 p.m.