does Hand of Cruelty benefit from Serra's Blessing?
Asked by Mr_crazydude 11 years ago
If I play Hand of Cruelty and then play Serra's Blessing , does Hand of Cruelty still receive the vigilance effect? Or will the card's 'protection from white' block the enchantments effect?
What if I reversed the order? Play Serra's Blessing first and after it Hand of Cruelty ? (probably the same thing but you never know in mtg :))
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
Please don't repost your questions.
Protection from X means four things:
- Damage that would be dealt to the protected object by a source of quality X is prevented.
- The protected object can't be enchanted or equipped by objects of quality X.
- The protected object can't be blocked by creatures of quality X.
- The protected object can't be targeted by spells or abilities or quality X.
Because Serra's Blessing doesn't do anything that protection would prevent, a creature with protection from white can still gain vigilance from it.
November 29, 2013 12:07 a.m.
for protection you just gotta remember the acronym DEBT: Damage, Enchanting/Equipping, Blocking, Targeting. I'll use white as an example to explain:
D= prevents damage from a white source
E=prevents enchanting and equipping by white spells
B= prevents being blocked by white creatures
T= prevents being targeted by a white source
November 29, 2013 12:08 a.m.
hunter9000 says... #4
Hand of Cruelty is affected by Serra's Blessing 's ability, because it doesn't damage, enchant/equip, block, or target Hand of Cruelty . Those are the only things protection prevents, which you can easily remember as DEBT.
Serra's Blessing has a static ability that applies as long as it's on the battlefield, to all of your creatures on the battlefield, so if you played a creature afterwards, it would still have vigilance. If you instead played something like Marshaling Cry 's second mode, then played a creature, the creature wouldn't gain vigilance, because the creatures that are affected are "chosen" when that spell resolves.
November 29, 2013 12:11 a.m.
Mr_crazydude says... #5
yes, sorry for the double post. It was certainly not my intention to do so, I just messed up the tags and didn't find a delete button for the first one.
anyway, thank you all for your quick response.
DrLitebur says... #1
Protection from does not stop a board-wide effect like what Serra's Blessing provides. It would prevent any damage from a board-wide spell like Anger of the Gods or Pyroclasm , but unless it is a specific target, protection from will not affect that.
November 28, 2013 11:57 p.m.