So my friend and I like to draft over 2 sessions, draft the cards, then next day play the decks we've created.
While looking at my cards I picked up an enduring angel. My question is 2 fold.
1. If a card does not have text written on it saying daybound/night bound does it not adhere to said rules? It has the sun/moon symbol on the top left so it feels like it should transform but am not sure if the symbol is all that is needed to infer daybound/nightbound mechanic, or if it has to be printed on the card.
2. If enduring angel does not obey day/night bound rules then the last part of the card seems verrrry situational. If it does obey day/night bound, then it would seem more likely that I would not be able to transform for instance, my life total becomes 0 on my opponents turn while it is still day, and therefore I cannot transform enduring angel because of the daytime designation.
Similar situation with bereaved survivor. It seems to clearly say transform only occurs when another creature i control dies...but also has the day night symbols on top left of the card.
Might be overthinking this but just need some clarification.
The day/night symbols have been used on Transforming Double Face Cards on all previous visits to innistrad.
The symbol does not signify that a card has daybound or nightbound unless those words appear in its text box.
Mark Rosewater, one of the game designers, acknowledged on his blog not too long ago that using the same day/night symbols in a set where day and night are being tracked is a bit confusing.
Transforming double-faced cards have a symbol described in C.R. 712.1a-b.
A transforming double-faced permanent with neither daybound nor nightbound (including Enduring Angel and Bereaved Survivor) doesn't automatically transform to its front or back face when it becomes day or night, respectively. This is true even if the permanent has—
"At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform [this permanent]", or
"At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform [this permanent]",
neither of which is the same as daybound or nightbound, respectively (for daybound and nightbound, see C.R. 702.145).
Indeed, even when the original Innistrad was developed, the development team "decided against" using keywords in place of the triggered abilities listed above because they "used [what was then] a new vocabulary word, transform[, and] having a keyword within a keyword cause[d] a bunch of headaches". Also, because those two abilities would appear only on Werewolf cards, the developers did not see a need to add ability words to them. (See Mark Rosewater, "Unanswered Questions: Innistrad", October 10, 2011.)
While looking at my cards I picked up an enduring angel. My question is 2 fold.
1. If a card does not have text written on it saying daybound/night bound does it not adhere to said rules? It has the sun/moon symbol on the top left so it feels like it should transform but am not sure if the symbol is all that is needed to infer daybound/nightbound mechanic, or if it has to be printed on the card.
2. If enduring angel does not obey day/night bound rules then the last part of the card seems verrrry situational. If it does obey day/night bound, then it would seem more likely that I would not be able to transform for instance, my life total becomes 0 on my opponents turn while it is still day, and therefore I cannot transform enduring angel because of the daytime designation.
Similar situation with bereaved survivor. It seems to clearly say transform only occurs when another creature i control dies...but also has the day night symbols on top left of the card.
Might be overthinking this but just need some clarification.
The symbol does not signify that a card has daybound or nightbound unless those words appear in its text box.
Mark Rosewater, one of the game designers, acknowledged on his blog not too long ago that using the same day/night symbols in a set where day and night are being tracked is a bit confusing.
A transforming double-faced permanent with neither daybound nor nightbound (including Enduring Angel and Bereaved Survivor) doesn't automatically transform to its front or back face when it becomes day or night, respectively. This is true even if the permanent has—
Indeed, even when the original Innistrad was developed, the development team "decided against" using keywords in place of the triggered abilities listed above because they "used [what was then] a new vocabulary word, transform[, and] having a keyword within a keyword cause[d] a bunch of headaches". Also, because those two abilities would appear only on Werewolf cards, the developers did not see a need to add ability words to them. (See Mark Rosewater, "Unanswered Questions: Innistrad", October 10, 2011.)