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
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Creature – Human Soldier
Courageous (Whenever any creature becomes blocked, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
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 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.
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.
See Challenge # 143.
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.
Realized it was missing UEOT clause.
Ah. Yes, I missed the multiple triggers. Sorry bout that.
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 :)