Is there a way to check whether a creature's printed P/T has been modified? Something like "If target creature's power is greater than its base power, it gains double strike."? Basically, if that creature has a +1/+1 counter or been Giant Growth'd, it gets double strike.
Currently playing around with a custom set and the RG archetype is "power matters". But since the set contains a lot of small creatures, I don't want to do "high power matters" so you can play those too with pump effects and get value out of it.
If base power doesn't work, does anyone have a good idea of how to word it with a hypothetical new rule that can refer to "printed" P/T? I don't want to explicitly say "printed power" on an MtG card. (Especially since it's misleading with */* cards and cards whose base power has been modified with a Frogify.)
You can definitely compare a creature's current power to its base power. "If target creature's power is greater than its base power, it gains double strike." Is completely functional on a magic card. Printed power is ill-advised because it messes with the entire rules structure, that's more unterritory because then you don't care about those cases you brought up.
A fairly related note. It seems you want "Higher than its base power" rather than greater. From what I can find magic users Greater/less when comparing a specific number while it uses Higher/less when comparing indefinite numbers.
Currently playing around with a custom set and the RG archetype is "power matters". But since the set contains a lot of small creatures, I don't want to do "high power matters" so you can play those too with pump effects and get value out of it.
If base power doesn't work, does anyone have a good idea of how to word it with a hypothetical new rule that can refer to "printed" P/T? I don't want to explicitly say "printed power" on an MtG card. (Especially since it's misleading with */* cards and cards whose base power has been modified with a Frogify.)
A fairly related note. It seems you want "Higher than its base power" rather than greater. From what I can find magic users Greater/less when comparing a specific number while it uses Higher/less when comparing indefinite numbers.