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CardName: Attention Diverter Cost: {2}{G}{W} Type: Creature - Human Soldier Pow/Tgh: 3/2 Rules Text: First strike Spare (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this one this turn dies, you may return that creature to its owner’s hand. If you do, you gain life equal to that creature’s toughness.) Whenever Attention Diverter spares a creature, target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Districts of Kestner Uncommon

Attention Diverter
{2}{g}{w}
 
 U 
Creature – Human Soldier
First strike
Spare (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this one this turn dies, you may return that creature to its owner’s hand. If you do, you gain life equal to that creature’s toughness.)
Whenever Attention Diverter spares a creature, target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
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Updated on 21 Dec 2019 by Onygox

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2017-08-23 21:31:53: Onygox created the card Attention Diverter
2017-08-23 22:38:58: Onygox edited Attention Diverter:

common -> uncommon

That doesn't feel like it will often help. I.. guess if you have a different creature with first strike, and the power lines up, you can have that creature kill rather than this one. Or double the damage of an unblocked first-striker. But that really just means an opponents blocking choices get more complicated. And needs you to be running almost nothing but first strike.

@Vitenka you don't need to target a creature that already has first strike... Since this deals combat damage before creatures without first strike, the idea is to give your opponent the choice between letting 3 damage go through, or blocking it and potentially doubling the damage of a different attacking creature.

It needs to target a creature with first strike for it to double the damage on anything, which is his point. By the time this ability triggers, the first strike damage step will already have happened, so double strike is just "normal strike" at that point.

I guess the rare circumstance of a second combat step could make it relevant - but yeah. By the time spare happens, first strike is over.

Yeah you're right... I could change it to gets +X/+X and that would work in the way I want it to

2017-08-26 04:18:11: Onygox edited Attention Diverter:

­{2}{w}{w} -> {2}{g}{w}, "Whenever ~ spares a creature, another target creature gains double strike until end of turn." - > "Whenever ~ spares a creature, target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn."

2019-12-21 03:28:16: Onygox edited Attention Diverter:

Diverter of Attention -> Attention Diverter

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