Can Portal Mage cause you to attack you teammate?
Asked by Yesterday 4 years ago
I believe there was a rule change starting a while back where, in a Two-headed Giant game, you now declare your attack against individual players rather than against the team.
I attack an opponent with a creature, they cast a Portal Mage, can they choose to send my attacking creature at my teammate instead? Same question for Capricopian.
I'm not asking if one of my opponents can cast Portal Mage to redirect my attacking creature at my other opponent. As you said, yeah, that basically does nothing.
The reminder texts on Portal Mage and Capricopian specify the you can't redirect a creature to attack its own controller (or planeswalkers they control) — but can you choose to have the attacking creature be redirected to its controller's own teammate?
May 30, 2020 1:12 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #3
508.7. One card (Portal Mage) allows a player to reselect which player or planeswalker a creature is attacking
508.7c The reselected player or planeswalker must be an opponent of the attacking creature’s controller, or a planeswalker controlled by an opponent of the attacking creature’s controller.
Tylord2894 says... #1
I don't know if that was a rule change, but that is how it works. You must choose which "head" you're attacking. You can use cards like Portal Mage in a 2HG game, but they do almost nothing. In 2HG each player on a team can block for the other.
I am unaware of any specific interaction when something like Portal Mage might affect your combat decisions in 2HG. That said, you do have to choose a player that you are attacking.
Hope this helps!!
May 30, 2020 12:52 p.m.