March of the Machine · MOM · uncommon
Battle — Siege // Creature — Ooze
wotc · 2023-04-14
If a battle that’s being attacked somehow stops being a battle, it is removed from combat. Similarly, if its controller changes in the middle of combat, it is removed from combat.
wotc · 2023-04-14
Battles can’t attack or block, even if one also becomes a creature. If an attacking or blocking creature somehow becomes a battle in addition to being a creature, it is removed from combat.
wotc · 2023-04-14
You can choose only a creature you control as a target for Invasion of Muraganda’s enters-the-battlefield ability.
wotc · 2023-04-14
If the creature you control is an illegal target as the ability tries to resolve, you won’t put a +1/+1 counter on it. If that creature is a legal target but the other creature isn’t, you’ll still put the +1/+1 counter on the creature you control, but neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
wotc · 2023-04-14
A creature that loses all abilities because of Primordial Plasm’s ability (slurp) may later gain abilities.
wotc · 2023-04-14
If the creature affected by Primordial Plasm’s ability (slurp) had an ability defining its power and/or toughness, that base value will become 0. In many situations, having a base toughness of 0 would be a problem, but Primordial Plasm’s ability (slurp) helpfully provides +2/+2, so the creature should survive.
wotc · 2023-04-14
Sieges each have an intrinsic triggered ability. That ability is “When the last defense counter is removed from this permanent, exile it, then you may cast it transformed without paying its mana cost.”
wotc · 2023-04-14
As a Siege enters the battlefield, its controller chooses an opponent to be its protector.
wotc · 2023-04-14
A Siege’s controller can’t be its protector. If a Siege’s protector ever gains control of it, they choose a new player to be its protector. This is a state-based action.
wotc · 2023-04-14
If a non-battle permanent that is already on the battlefield become a copy of a Siege, its controller chooses one of their opponents to be that battle’s protector. However, it will most likely be put into its owner’s graveyard because it has no defense counters (see below).
wotc · 2023-04-14
A battle’s “defense” is displayed in the bottom right corner of the card. A battle enters the battlefield with that number of defense counters. If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a battle, it also enters with that number of defense counters.
wotc · 2023-04-14
Only creatures controlled by a battle’s protector can block creatures that are attacking that battle. This means a Siege’s controller can never assign creatures to block for it.