Boros Battleshaper and Iroas

Asked by jrfiasco 8 years ago

so if my opponent has 3 or more creatures, and i have Iroas, God of Victory and Boros Battleshaper and im attacking, how are blocker declared? i see it going one of two ways:

A: A second creature is forced to block along side the one targeted by the 1st half of battleshaper.

or

B: opponent can choose not to block with a second creature and that will nullify the battleshapers ability due to iroas's

FancyTuesday says... Accepted answer #1

If he has another creature that is able to block he must declare it as a blocker in addition to the creature being forced to block.

509.1b The defending player checks each creature he or she controls to see whether its affected by any restrictions (effects that say a creature cant block, or that it cant block unless some condition is met). If any restrictions are being disobeyed, the declaration of blockers is illegal.

A restriction may be created by an evasion ability (a static ability an attacking creature has that restricts what can block it). If an attacking creature gains or loses an evasion ability after a legal block has been declared, it doesnt affect that block. Different evasion abilities are cumulative.

Example: An attacking creature with flying and shadow cant be blocked by a creature with flying but without shadow.

509.1c The defending player checks each creature he or she controls to see whether its affected by any requirements (effects that say a creature must block, or that it must block if some condition is met). If the number of requirements that are being obeyed is fewer than the maximum possible number of requirements that could be obeyed without disobeying any restrictions, the declaration of blockers is illegal. If a creature cant block unless a player pays a cost, that player is not required to pay that cost, even if blocking with that creature would increase the number of requirements being obeyed.

Example: A player controls one creature that blocks if able and another creature with no abilities. If a creature with menace attacks that player, the player must block with both creatures. Having only the first creature block violates the restriction created by menace (the attacking creature cant be blocked except by two or more creatures). Having only the second creature block violates both the menace restriction and the first creatures blocking requirement. Having neither creature block fulfills the restriction but not the requirement.

July 17, 2015 9:36 p.m.