Masochistic Counter Thief1B
Creature-Human Rogue (C)
Flying
Whenever ~ becomes untapped, move a +1/+1 counter from another creature to ~. If you do, you lose 2 life.
1/1
I'm trying to fit the above card into a set I'm designing with a +1/+1 counter mechanic, in which it's pretty strong. I want the untap trigger to be mandatory as long as there is another creature with a +1/+1 counter on the battlefield so that you're forced to lose the 2 life. I know this can be achieved by adding the stipulation "with a +1/+1 counter on it" to the ability, but is this necessary or is the move mandatory as-is?
The move is mandatory as-is. When a player is presented with a choice, they're not allowed to choose something that's illegal or impossible*. Moving a +1/+1 counter from a creature to another creature involves removing that counter from the first creature, but it's impossible to do so if there aren't any there. Thus, the player can only choose from among those creatures that have +1/+1 counters on them to move from. Only if there aren't any does the ability resolve to no effect.
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How to use card tags (please use them for everybody's sanity)
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format Minimum deck size: 60 Maximum number of identical cards: 4 Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall
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Creature-Human Rogue (C)
Flying
Whenever ~ becomes untapped, move a +1/+1 counter from another creature to ~. If you do, you lose 2 life.
1/1
I'm trying to fit the above card into a set I'm designing with a +1/+1 counter mechanic, in which it's pretty strong. I want the untap trigger to be mandatory as long as there is another creature with a +1/+1 counter on the battlefield so that you're forced to lose the 2 life. I know this can be achieved by adding the stipulation "with a +1/+1 counter on it" to the ability, but is this necessary or is the move mandatory as-is?
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format
Minimum deck size: 60
Maximum number of identical cards: 4
Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall