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CardName: Bionic Arm Cost: 1 Type: Artifact - Equipment Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Equip 4. Equipped creature gets +1/+4. {1}: Switch equipped creature's power and toughness until end of turn. *(This switches the bonus from Bionic Arm too.)* Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Superhero Shenanigans Uncommon |
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Does this make sense for a bionic arm? Is permanent p/t switching ok?
Ehh, kind of. I think a bionic arm would be more like "
: Equipped creature gains your choice of first strike, reach, or +1/+0 until end of turn." But that is just me. As is it is ok. I don't think the reminder text is necessary though.
switching P/T seems more like a full body mod - Adrenalin Injector (could be used for haste instead), Exoskeleton Armour, etc
Bionic Arm seems more just stronger +2/+1 or +3/+1 etc
I know the reminder text shouldn't be necessary, but I have to look the layer rules up every time, so I suspect many other people do too...
Damn straight on the reminder text. But agree on the flavour. "Gains reach" is just toooo perfect for a bionic arm :)
Are you sure the power and toughness switches on Bionic Arm as well? It's my understanding that the last layer in timestamp order is power and toughness switching. All other modifiers (including continuous power and toughness boosts) are modified before, then the printed power and toughness of the card switches. Meaning that a 2/4 equipped with +1/+4 would become a 5/6, and not a 8/3 like you suggest. (assuming I'm right. Timestamp stuff IS hard. While I'm 95% certain what I said is true, I'm 99.5% certain that temporary boosts, for example, an instant that grants +1/+4 until end of turn, would always wait for the card to switch its printed value before applying, whether the spell was cast after, or before the creature switched its power and toughness.)
Wouldn't this just be simpler if the ability gave +4/+1 instead when turned on? Or maybe there could be a strange "As long as ~ is untapped, it gets +1/+4, and as long as ~ is tapped, +4/+1" and the ability to tap/untap it for
?
@jmgariepy: He's correct. The last layer is P/T switching, but that applies to the P/T at that point, taking into account all other modifications. Timestamps don't come into it.
So if we have a 2/4 with +1/+4 and then switch, it does become an 8/3. If it became a 5/6, what would be the point of saying the last layer is P/T switching? It sounds like you're wanting to apply the P/T in a very early layer.
Accordingly, there's no need for the complex suggestions in your second paragraph: the card as written works the way he wants it to.