Commander Legends Spoilers

[FTW]

I like the C++ reference

At least in English you need to have a known noun/subject before referring to it as an "it." You hit the word "it" and you have to go back in time to find what is being replaced/alluded to.

So we read the card and come to "It has" - this is technically a complete sentence by itself. Ignore everything that comes after this point, we already have a subject [pronoun] and a verb. Before we continue we must be able to define what "it" refers to. This is only ever retrospective in English grammatical rules.

"It" refers to Rock obviously. The issue is not about what "it" refers to, but about what "it" gains. As written, "it" is only gaining one ability. Look at the positioning of the quotation marks.

I'll substitute "Rock" for "it" and use two different types of quotation marks to highlight the difference.

It has "Equipped creature has "1, Sacrifice Rock: deal 2 damage to any target" and "Equip 1." "
Rock has <<Equipped creature has "1, Sacrifice Rock: deal 2 damage to any target" and "Equip 1." >>
Rock has << some text >>

Focus on what's inside the << >>.
<<Equipped creature has "1, Sacrifice Rock: deal 2 damage to any target" and "Equip 1" >>
<<Equipped creature has "something" and "something">>

Picture the Rock token. What text would be on it?

Rock
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature has "1, Sacrifice Rock: deal 2 damage to any target" and "Equip 1".

Rock gives the equipped creature 2 abilities.


It should say
Rock has <<Equipped creature has "1, Sacrifice Rock: deal 2 damage to any target">> and <<Equip 1>>.
That gives 2 separate abilities to Rock.

[Ronald Deuce]

Guys, the card isn't even spoiled in English yet.

Also, professional editor and proofreader here. Pretty sure that if the quoted material is accurately translated, creatures aren't getting Equip 1.

[FourDogsinaHorseSuit]

..has "<thing one>" and "<thing two>".
Where <thing one> is Equipped creature has "<thing Three>"

[Barook]

https://twitter.com/GavinVerhey/stat...76221158264834

War Room isn't Legacy playable, after all.

[ReAnimator]

Does hallow work with the new wheel?
Like if you are at 20 you can just pay 20 life and gain 20 life and draw 7?
I doubt that's relevant to legacy but it is super cool and weird.

Wheel of Misfortune

2R

Sorcery

Each player secretly chooses a number. Then reveal those numbers. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the greatest chosen number to each player that chose it. Then, each player who didn't choose the smallest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

[FourDogsinaHorseSuit]

Does hallow work with the new wheel?
Like if you are at 20 you can just pay 20 life and gain 20 life and draw 7?
I doubt that's relevant to legacy but it is super cool and weird.

Wheel of Misfortune

2R

Sorcery

Each player secretly chooses a number. Then reveal those numbers. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the greatest chosen number to each player that chose it. Then, each player who didn't choose the smallest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Why choose 20 when you can prevent any positive integer between 0 and infinity, and then gain that same amount in life?

[ReAnimator]

Why choose 20 when you can prevent any positive integer between 0 and infinity, and then gain that same amount in life?

Oh yeah i guess you can bid with life you don't have. So 2 card infinite life combo, interesting.

[Pittplayer]

Why choose 20 when you can prevent any positive integer between 0 and infinity, and then gain that same amount in life?

That...seems broken.

[PirateKing]

https://twitter.com/GavinVerhey/stat...76221158264834

War Room isn't Legacy playable, after all.

Cowardice confirmed

[Barook]

Are there any cards/spells that can completely redirect the damage of one (red) spell towards the opponent, regardless of the amount?

[Wrath of Pie]

Cowardice confirmed

We know that Wizards can't block Warriors, no need to point out the obvious.

[Reeplcheep]

Modern burn staple Deflecting Palm, as well as
Comeuppance
Honorable Passage

[Barook]

Modern burn staple Deflecting Palm

So you're spending 2 mana and a card to still nuke yourself?

[Reeplcheep]

So you're spending 2 mana and a card to still nuke yourself?

Forgot you are the controller of the damage. Best option IMO would be Soul-Fire Grandmaster+ intervention pact is infinite life.

[Wrath of Pie]

So you're spending 2 mana and a card to still nuke yourself?

That would be the proper way to facepalm.

[FourDogsinaHorseSuit]

Are there any cards/spells that can completely redirect the damage of one (red) spell towards the opponent, regardless of the amount?

Pariah on stuffy doll?

[FourDogsinaHorseSuit]

Actually this poses an interesting rules question:
You have to resolve the damage trick first, and in the case of hallow all the damage is prevented, even that done to your opponent.
So there may come a time where two players who each want to deal infinite damage to themselves and try and wheel the opponent.
So what happens when two players each try and secretly choose infinity? Are we going to turn this into a contest to see who can write down as many 9's as they can? Write an equation and then hire time on a super computer to calculate it to see if we both work?

[Wrath of Pie]

Actually this poses an interesting rules question:
You have to resolve the damage trick first, and in the case of hallow all the damage is prevented, even that done to your opponent.
So there may come a time where two players who each want to deal infinite damage to themselves and try and wheel the opponent.
So what happens when two players each try and secretly choose infinity? Are we going to turn this into a contest to see who can write down as many 9's as they can? Write an equation and then hire time on a super computer to calculate it to see if we both work?

You are bad at this large numbers thing, it's an arrow race.

[FourDogsinaHorseSuit]

You are bad at this large numbers thing, it's an arrow race.

If you use notation a judge doesn't understand, that's a null.

[FourDogsinaHorseSuit]

Cowardice confirmed

With so many cowards at WOTC one good warrior should be able to just bust in and change this.