#davidh

[magicjudge]

Majestic Myriarch has an ability similar to Odric, Lunarch Marshal or Concerted Effort, but on Myriarch it's templated with an intervening if clause. Does it trigger separately for each ability your creatures have, or just once if at least one other creature has at least one relevant ability?

Majestic Myriarch has actually received post-printing, pre-release errata for the ability in question. Its new text is this:

At the beginning of each combat, Majestic Myriarch gains flying until end of turn if you control a creature with flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance.

This is now the same style of templating as Odric’s ability, with no intervening if clause. It’s only a single trigger and it only checks for the relevant abilities when the trigger resolves.

This change was made for the same reason that you ask the question, as it would have been a very confusing ability indeed if it had stuck to its printed wording.

[markrosewater]

In a block with -1/-1 counters, could we see a masterpiece that uses +1/+1 counters (or vice versa)?

Yes. The Masterpieces are rare enough that the counter consistency rule doesn't apply.

[markrosewater]

You've mentioned before that you wish Legenday had no rules meaning (that it were just a marker for other effects to care about). In that hypothetical world, would there be Legendary Instants and Sorceries?

Probably, provided we have spells where the flavor makes sense.

[markrosewater]

With the creation of the Rabiah Scale, I'm a little worried about scale creep. How concerned would you say you are, on a scale—oh no! What have I done?

I'm already pretty far gone on the Scale Scale. : )

[markrosewater]

Could an Un-card care about what sleeve it's in or whether it is sleeved?

Sure.

[magicjudge]

The gatherer rulings for Essence of the Wild state that if a Clone is entering the battlefield, it enters as an Essence regardless of the order in which you choose to apply the replacement effects. Why is that? It seems to me as though applying the Clone effect second would overwrite the copy effect from the Essence.

When Clone goes to enter the battlefield under your control, both Clone’s own replacement effect and Essence of the Wild’s replacement effect want to modify how it’s going to enter the battlefield. As Clone’s controller, you choose which of the effects to apply to the Clone first.

If you apply Clone’s replacement effect first, then you can choose a creature for it to enter the battlefield as a copy of. After that choice is made, the game once again checks to see if any replacement effects want to modify how Clone would enter the battlefield. Essence of the Wild’s replacement effect is still applicable, so it will be applied to Clone and Clone will ETB as a copy of Essence of the Wild instead of whatever you chose for its own ability.

If you apply Essence of the Wild’s replacement effect first, then Clone will become a copy of Essence of the Wild. The game then checks to see if any replacement effects want to further modify how Clone will enter the battlefield, but there are none. Clone’s own replacement effect no longer exists because Clone is now a copy of Essence of the Wild and not a Clone anymore. Since there are no further effects to apply, Clone enters the battlefield as a copy of Essence of the Wild.

[magicjudge]

If I activate multiple Dulcet Sirens and I choose the same targets each time, does that create multiple attacking requirements? For example, if there's a Ruhan of the Fomori that must attack me, can I use 2 sirens to force it to attack a different player?

Yes it does. Ruhan will have to attack the player you choose, not the one chosen at random since that will fulfill more requirements.

[markrosewater]

Chandra's home plane.

What is one of the most exciting things we'll learn about in Magic Origins?