Hello, long time lurker and first time poster. I hope you can help me with this: in a 2 headed giant game, I control Vantress Gargoyle. My opponents have respectively three and four cards in the graveyard. Can I attack with Vantress Gargoyle, since defending player is considered the opposing team as a whole, or not (i.e. I need to declare the player that I’m attacking)? Thank you!
Your team can't attack with Vantress Gargoyle in this scenario.
In Two-Headed Giant, Vantress Gargoyle can attack only if the player (or controller of the planeswalker) it's attacking (and only that player) has seven or more cards in their graveyard (so not, for example, if one player in the team has only three and the other has only four cards in their graveyard) (C.R. 805.10e, 810.7).
This is because, "[f]or each attacking creature, the attacking team announces which defending player or planeswalker that creature is attacking", and it's only that player (or the controller of that planeswalker) that the phrase "defending player" on Vantress Gargoyle refers to (C.R. 805.10b, 805.10e, 810.7).
Thank you Peteroupc for very competent and prompt answer! I’m always looking for cards which are “broken” in 2HG (sorry Vantress Gargoyle, you’re not) and will definitely keep these rules in mind. Have a nice day!
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Vantress Gargoyle, since defending player is considered the opposing team as a whole, or not (i.e. I need to declare the player that I’m attacking)? Thank you!
In Two-Headed Giant, Vantress Gargoyle can attack only if the player (or controller of the planeswalker) it's attacking (and only that player) has seven or more cards in their graveyard (so not, for example, if one player in the team has only three and the other has only four cards in their graveyard) (C.R. 805.10e, 810.7).
This is because, "[f]or each attacking creature, the attacking team announces which defending player or planeswalker that creature is attacking", and it's only that player (or the controller of that planeswalker) that the phrase "defending player" on Vantress Gargoyle refers to (C.R. 805.10b, 805.10e, 810.7).