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Benevolent Unicorn
Creature — Unicorn
If a spell would deal damage to a creature or player, it deals that much damage minus 1 to that creature or player instead.
meecht on How do damage reductions and …
6 months ago
If I control Benevolent Unicorn and my opponent casts Flame Jab while controlling Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, how much damage is dealt?
Current Oracle text for the Unicorn is "If a spell would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage minus 1 to that permanent or player instead."
Caerwyn on Why Does Damage Increasing Work …
1 year ago
You are forgetting - the attacking player might not be the only one applying damage modifiers. Cards like Benevolent Unicorn or… Gisela, Blade of Goldnight… exist. They might not be as common as damage increases, but they’re still very much a part of the game.
Rather than have different people apply potentially competing effects, they chose to let one single player handle all of that. Additionally, the rule in question (616.1) applies to all replacement effects - the affected person or object’s controller gets to determine how they or their thing is modified. They did not want to have a carve out of “except in the case of receiving damage” since carve outs like that create more rules problems than they solve.
That said, I expect this is probably one of the most misplayed common rule interactions in the game.
Lostsorrow on
Unicorny Power
3 years ago
DemMeowsephs I took a lot of your recommendations into consideration and made a few other tweaks. The deck took a big overhaul but this was the breakdown.
REMOVED:
Plains x3
Forest x3
ADDED:
Snogglesworth on Benevolent Unicorn, Yes or no
5 years ago
Benevolent Unicorn is a card I have debated putting in my white weenie deck sideboards because of it's great ability to shut down Pestilence decks.
raefgall on Idea for new cmder deck
5 years ago
Benevolent Unicorn is a weird card since it makes everything take less damage (not just your stuff), but it could be good while you're building up your board.
Prized Unicorn could be a really neat and thematic way to finish a game. Maybe consider adding a few other similar effects to effectively make all your other creatures unblockable, or to make this guy indestructible / reusable.
Totem-Guide Hartebeest is another on theme creature that actually lets you get something like Indestructibility for your Prized Unicorn or other utility creatures.
Revered Unicorn and Timbermare are the other two that jumped out at me as having some kind of weird potential, but I'm not sure how I feel about them overall.
SeditiousCanary on
Tolsimir, leader of wolves and unicorns
5 years ago
Nice. Based on your Facebook post, I suggest these for theme:
Benevolent Unicorn
Capashen Unicorn
Cult of the Waxing Moon
Garruk Relentless
Flip
Howl of the Night Pack
Pack Guardian
Raised by Wolves
Selesnya Keyrune
Watchwolf
Wolfcaller's Howl
Wren's Run Packmaster
Rhyno52 on
Weenie the Paup
7 years ago
Celestial Flare, Oblivion Ring Maybe if you want some burn hate i could suggest things like Benevolent Unicorn in your sideboard.
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