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CardName: Frontline Infantry Cost: 1w Type: Creature - Human Soldier Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Courageous (Whenever any creature becomes blocked, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Common

Frontline Infantry
{1}{w}
 
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Creature – Human Soldier
Courageous (Whenever any creature becomes blocked, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
1/1
Updated on 17 Jan 2016 by Link

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2016-01-15 01:02:02: Link created and commented on the card Frontline Infantry

Took me a little time to figure out how this wasn't Bushido 1. But I guess this is roughly "Bushido 1. Whenever a creature blocks, this creature gains Frenzy 1."

I don't really see the Frenzy. Are you referring to this getting boosted if they block your other creatures?

I don't quite follow jmg's maths. Am I right this gets +1/+1 when ANY opposing creature blocks, or when it blocks or any other creature you control blocks? That seems like it's going to be confusing.

But I like the idea, maybe it needs a simple reminder, and maybe "+1/+1 for each blocking creature" might be easier to read?

I read as it gets +1/+1 whenever something blocks. So if something else is blocked, it gets +1/+1. And if it blocks or is blocked, it gets +1/+1 (which is bushido 1)

So.. it's not quite as good as getting frenzy, because if nothing is blocked at all, this doesn't get +1/+1.

But.. it does seem like a fiddly set of minor circumstances that would be much more simply resolved by just making this a bear; or perhaps "Has +1/+1 during combat"?

It might, but I suspect not all players know when "This gets +1/+1 for each blocking creature" ends. This is meant to apply to every creature that's blocking, whether it's yours or those of another player.

I'm not sure I understand what's so fiddly. If this blocks or is blocked with two other copies of itself, they'll all be at least 4/4.

Sorry, yes, we should never say "this has +1/+1 for each blocking creature" because it wears off at end of combat, I'd meant to suggest something like "when blockers are declared, this gets +1/+1 UEOT for each blocking creature" or something like that. But I didn't have exact wording, I'd hoped to illustrate the sort of thing I thought was probably possible, even if I didn't have a complete rule-compatible wording.

I'm also confused by other people's comments, do some people read this as it gets +1/+1 _maximum? Whereas, I read it as, "if you attack with this and two other creatures and they all get blocked, it gets +3/+3". Is that right?

And ok, maybe it's not confusing to anyone else, but I normally assume if it's confusing to me, it's too confusing for common. Partly it's the combat maths, that you have to plan your whole block quite carefully because a small change will change what this does. And partly, I find that "whenever a creature blocks" always looks like it means "my creature" or "opposing creature" and it's hard for me to remember it means both.

Fair enough. I mean, this clearly has confused at least three people, so it's obviously not as simple as it seemed to me.

2016-01-15 12:16:32: Link edited Frontline Infantry:

Realized it was missing UEOT clause.

Ah. Yes, I missed the multiple triggers. Sorry bout that.

2016-01-16 02:59:01: Link edited Frontline Infantry

Wait, do you mean it should trigger multiple times, or it shouldn't?

He didn't notice that it does, I believe.

Oops, sorry, I think I thought you wrote that. Ok, now I think all the comments make sense :)

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