I am not sure how Coat of Arms works even though the card says it
Asked by VegetaWins_015 11 years ago
For example, I have a goblin warrior, a goblin shaman, a goblin berserker on the field. I cast out Coat of Arms Do each creature get a +1,+1 counter for the fact each of them are goblin or is it the fact each have different type like warrior, shaman, berserker, or just plain goblin. Also how would I tally up the damage given to the opponent when I enter in attack phase?
Warrior, Shaman, Berserker are not the Creature type Goblin would be the Creature type so each creature would get +3/+3.
March 5, 2014 5:17 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #3
First of all, Coat of Arms doesn't give counters. It gives a static boost.
With a Goblin Warrior, a Goblin Shaman, and a Goblin Berserker, each creature with Goblin in its subtext would get +1/+1 for each other creature with Goblin in its subtext. The Goblin Warrior, a Goblin Shaman, and a Goblin Berserker would all get +2/+2, because there are two other creatures with subtext Goblin on the battlefield for each Goblin.
March 5, 2014 5:18 p.m.
Horant: That is incorrect. Warrior, Shaman, and Berserker are creature types, but in this example, none of those are shared. If there was also a Burning-Tree Emissary in play in addition to these 3 Goblins, the "Goblin Shaman" and BTE would each get +1/+1 because they share the Shaman creature type. Also, as Rhadamanthus said, it's only +2/+2 because Coat of Arms says "for each other creature that shares a type with it". A creature doesn't count itself when calculating this.
March 5, 2014 5:24 p.m.
VegetaWins_015 says... #5
sorry I meant that it gives a static boost not counters, thanks for the schooling.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
First, Coat of Arms doesn't use counters. A +/- effect only uses counters if it specifically says so. This is important because some effects interact with counters, and therefore won't interact with Coat of Arms.
To calculate the boost Coat gives to a particular creature, count the other creatures that share a type with it. In your example each of your creatures will get +2/+2 because for each of them there are 2 other creatures that share a type with it (in this case, the shared type is "Goblin" for all of them).
March 5, 2014 5:15 p.m.