For those about to complain why aren’t the spheres artifact… forget it WOTC would never accept modern affinity to massacre the format again.
And as for ria “combat damage to one or more players” ok WOTC talk now… no card in existence can do that not even hydra omnivore and other cards with similar effects. (And no extra combat is still dealing damage to one player)
I smell it this will make a lot more sense when that “battle” type gets revealed.
Oh by the way we got 3 in a row in “phyrexia all will be one” of mechanics now being deciduous now “battle cry” is deciduous as well (flash back and affinity are the other 2)
For those about to complain why aren’t the spheres artifact… forget it WOTC would never accept modern affinity to massacre the format again.
Modern Affinity ate up the ETB-tapped artifact land series it got in Modern Horizons 2 (e.g. Mistvault Bridge, Rustvale Bridge) quite happily, but it's still on the fringe of Modern relevance. We'll gladly take more ETB-tapped artifact lands, though!
And as for ria “combat damage to one or more players” ok WOTC talk now… no card in existence can do that not even hydra omnivore and other cards with similar effects. (And no extra combat is still dealing damage to one player)
Partial damage redirection can do this. For example, Zhalfirin Crusader directing to two players or Shining Shoal moving some of your damage to another player.
As you said though, more likely that it is handling a new thing rather than an old corner case.
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And as for ria “combat damage to one or more players” ok WOTC talk now… no card in existence can do that not even hydra omnivore and other cards with similar effects. (And no extra combat is still dealing damage to one player)
I smell it this will make a lot more sense when that “battle” type gets revealed.
Oh by the way we got 3 in a row in “phyrexia all will be one” of mechanics now being deciduous now “battle cry” is deciduous as well (flash back and affinity are the other 2)
Modern Affinity ate up the ETB-tapped artifact land series it got in Modern Horizons 2 (e.g. Mistvault Bridge, Rustvale Bridge) quite happily, but it's still on the fringe of Modern relevance. We'll gladly take more ETB-tapped artifact lands, though!
Partial damage redirection can do this. For example, Zhalfirin Crusader directing to two players or Shining Shoal moving some of your damage to another player.
As you said though, more likely that it is handling a new thing rather than an old corner case.