March of the Machine Promos · PMOM · rare
Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur
wotc · 2023-04-14
You decide whether to assign a non-Human creature’s combat damage as though it weren’t blocked just before it assigns that damage. You may make a different choice for each non-Human creature you control—that is, you may have none, some, or all of those creatures assign combat damage as though they weren’t blocked.
wotc · 2023-04-14
Assigning a creature’s damage as though it weren’t blocked is all or nothing. You can’t use this effect to assign some of the creature’s damage to a blocking creature and the rest to the player, planeswalker, or battle it’s attacking.
wotc · 2023-04-14
Even if a creature assigns damage as though it were not blocked, it will still receive damage from creatures that are blocking it.
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.
wotc · 2023-04-14
A battle can be dealt damage and be target of spells and/or abilities that target “any target.”
wotc · 2023-04-14
Damage dealt to a battle causes that many defense counters to be removed from it.
wotc · 2023-04-14
A battle can be attacked by all players other than its protector. Notably, this means a Siege’s controller can attack it.