"This creature may be declared as an attacker during other player's declare attackers steps."
Can this be made to work? On one hand, it doesn't SEEM complicated, but the rules probably don't support it. IF they don't what kind of tweaks (to the rules) would be necessary?
No, the rules don't give players the ability nor permission to declare attackers during the combat phases of turns that aren't their own.
Questions such as the following would come up. They do have an answer, but the situations that arise would probably be more confusing than necessary:
1) If it's player A's turn and player A is declaring attackers that are attacking player B, but player B has a creature with this ability and attacks player A with it, what happens?
2) If it's player A's turn and player A attacks with a creature with vigilance at the same time that player B attacks with a creature with vigilance, and both creatures block each other, what happens?
3) For purposes of creatures being declared as attackers "if able", is a creature with this ability that is able to attack on an opponent's turn forced to do so?
Among other things, the rules would have to be updated to account for multiple attacking parties (players or teams) in a turn and to adjust the definition of defending player accordingly. You're right -- it doesn't seem very complicated at surface level.
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Hmm... so at the very least, I certainly won't be entering such a concept into the MCC or CCL.
As for those questions.
1. Player A would be allowed to declare blockers.
2. The tricky question. Obviously the trick here is that they would theoretically deal double damage to each other, if there were no rules tweaks. And yes, I do believe that some rules tweaks would be an order to make sure what makes sense actually happens (they deal their regularly scheduled damage, not doubled damage.) I will also note that if an attacking creature is declared as a blocker, it is considered blocked by each creature it's blocking.
3. Yes. I actually intended for this ability to show up on a creature that had to attack each turn if able. (Naturally it'd have a way to untap)
You'd have to change a lot of stuff with combat and how attacking/defending players work. Currently, the active player becomes the attacking player and their opponent becomes the defending player in a duel, or some amount of opponents become the defending players in multiplayer. Only the attacking player can declare attackers and only against defending players. Only a defending player who is being attacked by the attacking player may actually declare blockers. To be able declare attackers during another players turn against them and have them block, both players have to simultaneously be attacking and defending players. Since an attacking player can declare attackers against any defending player they would theoretically be able to declare attackers against themselves. Because you'd be a defending player, you could also choose yourself for something like Stand or Fall and make your creatures unblockable.
You could try a variation of butcher orggs ability - "You may choose to have this creature deal its combat damage directly to attacking player" - which triggers when you block with the creature.
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Can this be made to work? On one hand, it doesn't SEEM complicated, but the rules probably don't support it. IF they don't what kind of tweaks (to the rules) would be necessary?
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Questions such as the following would come up. They do have an answer, but the situations that arise would probably be more confusing than necessary:
1) If it's player A's turn and player A is declaring attackers that are attacking player B, but player B has a creature with this ability and attacks player A with it, what happens?
2) If it's player A's turn and player A attacks with a creature with vigilance at the same time that player B attacks with a creature with vigilance, and both creatures block each other, what happens?
3) For purposes of creatures being declared as attackers "if able", is a creature with this ability that is able to attack on an opponent's turn forced to do so?
Among other things, the rules would have to be updated to account for multiple attacking parties (players or teams) in a turn and to adjust the definition of defending player accordingly. You're right -- it doesn't seem very complicated at surface level.
[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
As for those questions.
1. Player A would be allowed to declare blockers.
2. The tricky question. Obviously the trick here is that they would theoretically deal double damage to each other, if there were no rules tweaks. And yes, I do believe that some rules tweaks would be an order to make sure what makes sense actually happens (they deal their regularly scheduled damage, not doubled damage.) I will also note that if an attacking creature is declared as a blocker, it is considered blocked by each creature it's blocking.
3. Yes. I actually intended for this ability to show up on a creature that had to attack each turn if able. (Naturally it'd have a way to untap)
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!