Question about Polymorphist's Jest
Asked by disposingjayce 10 years ago
How would Polymorphist's Jest work against creatures with flying? Since flying is as far as i know a static ability and the card clearly states "loses all abilities". I've seen conflicting statements on this.
allthingsMTG says... #2
Epochalyptik oh that comment is hilarious that he did that, you.can be so sarcastic it is awesome
July 21, 2014 11:13 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #3
If a creature that can only block creatures with flying, like Cloud Sprite , and it blocks the flying creatures, and Polymorphist's Jest is cast, the creature will still be blocked by that creature.
However, if a flying creature is attacking, and before blocks have been declared, Polymorphist's Jest is cast, the creature will no longer have flying and it can be blocked by creatures without flying or reach.
July 21, 2014 12:18 p.m.
disposingjayce says... #5
The reason I asked this is because I read on a few different threads that this would not effect flying but if you whipped this card out before you declare your blockers it should eliminate the flying due to how the card reads. I just wanted some clarification and to be sure I was correct in my assumption before I whip this card out on a friend of mine on Wednesday night.
July 21, 2014 1:32 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #6
disposingjayce, yep! That's how it works. I recently asked a question about Humility , and those answers with some research I did on my own showed me this: if a creature loses all abilities, it LITERALLY become a vanilla creature immediately. It can still be GIVEN abilities, but any abilities given to it before it loses the abilities fall off.
July 21, 2014 1:56 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #8
Yeah, but its the source of a LOT of headaches for magic judges... lol.
July 21, 2014 2:16 p.m.
disposingjayce says... #9
I bet. lol, I'm looking forward to Wednesday night when I turn all my buddies creatures into frogs then zap them. I've been working on a deck just to tick him off. "Ribbit" he takes things way to seriously. lol
July 21, 2014 2:20 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #10
I saw the deck earlier today, and it looks pretty good.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
First, rules questions should be asked in the Q&A, which is linked in the header. I can't move this to the Q&A, so I'm moving it to BE.
Second, you answered your own question. Flying is a static ability. Creatures lose all abilities, so they lose flying.
July 21, 2014 9:05 a.m.