r/mtgrules • u/Tall-Garbage4066 • 19d ago
Continous effect.
Suppose there is an effect that says, “Creatures you control with power 4 or greater have haste.”
If I control a creature with power 3 that is equipped with an Equipment giving it +2/+2, how is this handled under the current CR?
Continuous effects that modify power and toughness are applied in Layer 7, while effects that grant or remove abilities are applied in Layer 6.
Does the application of the Layer 7 effect cause the Layer 6 effect to become applicable? In other words, is the creature considered to have power 5 when determining whether the Layer 6 effect applies?
Can an effect in Layer 6 depend on a characteristic value that is determined in Layer 7?
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u/SconeforgeMystic 19d ago
There was a design article (I thiiiiiiink around GDS3?) where the author said a rite of passage for new Magic designers is making a green card that says “Creatures you control with power 4 or greater have trample” and being told the effect doesn’t work the way they want it to. The solution to this is usually a triggered ability (e.g., “Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater attacks, it gains trample until end of turn.”).
If I had to make the haste version, it’d probably be “At the beginning of combat on your turn, […]”