#archetype of courage

[underworlddreams]

Archetype of Courage

Artist: Willian Murai Set: Born of the Gods

"It has been my experience that soldiers most fervently follow generals who lead by example." --Elspeth

[magicjudge]

If my opponent plays the archetype of courage and then I play the archetype of courage do neither of us get first strike? Do we both get first strike? or does the first player only get first strike?

One of Magic’s golden rules is that “Can’t Beats Can.” This means that an effect that says that something can’t happen beats an effect that says that that thing can happen.

In this situation, it means that the second ability of your opponent’s Archetype of Courage overrides the first ability of your Archetype of Courage and vice versa and none of the creatures either of you control can have or gain first strike.

[magicjudge]

If I have Kwende, Pride of Femeref and Archetype of Courage on the battlefield at the same time, does my whole team have double strike?

Yes, all creatures you control will have double strike regardless of the order in which Kwende and Archetype of Courage entered the battlefield.

Because applying Archetype of Courage’s ability first will change what Kwende’s ability applies to, Kwende’s ability depends on Archetype’s ability and thus will always be applied after Archetype’s ability.

I’m actually really thrilled that this interaction exists because it’s a very clean and easy to understand case of dependency.