[Q] Banding on defense

Mark Dryer

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Nov 7, 1994, 9:08:24 PM11/7/94

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My brother and I were playing this evening, and it came to a point
where he was attacking me for the kill with a flying creature. I banded
a Wall of Swords with a Fire Elemental to block his Lord of the Pit. He
claims I cannot band a flying and a non-flying creature to block a flying
creature, whereas I maintain that if I can do it on offense, I should be
able to do it on defense. Which one of us is right?
Thanks.

Mark Dreyer
aka Starcrow

Tom Wylie

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Nov 9, 1994, 4:39:47 PM11/9/94

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Mark Dryer <star...@pnw.net> wrote:
> My brother and I were playing this evening, and it came to a point
>where he was attacking me for the kill with a flying creature. I banded
>a Wall of Swords with a Fire Elemental to block his Lord of the Pit. He
>claims I cannot band a flying and a non-flying creature to block a flying
>creature, whereas I maintain that if I can do it on offense, I should be
>able to do it on defense. Which one of us is right?

He is. Creatures do not band to block like they do to attack; each
creature must block on its own. The Elemental can't block the LotP on
her own, so can't block it even if you have banders out (note that neither
the Wall nor the Elemental bands...). Basically, defensive banding is
irrelevant until damage is being dealt.

Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for
aa...@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

christopher sniezek

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Nov 9, 1994, 5:16:59 PM11/9/94

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Mark Dryer (star...@pnw.net) wrote:
: My brother and I were playing this evening, and it came to a point

: where he was attacking me for the kill with a flying creature. I banded
: a Wall of Swords with a Fire Elemental to block his Lord of the Pit. He
: claims I cannot band a flying and a non-flying creature to block a flying
: creature, whereas I maintain that if I can do it on offense, I should be
: able to do it on defense. Which one of us is right?

Your brother was right, for a couple of reasons. First, neither of the
blocking creatures has the banding ability. Second, there is no such
thing as 'banding in defense'.

When defending against attackers, you may block any one of them with as
many of your creatures as you like, and your opponent gets to decide how
to distribute the attacker's damage among the blockers. If, however,
one of those blockers has the banding ability, then you will get to
decide how the attacker's damage is assigned -- this is the only
difference the banding ability makes, defensively.

The Jabberwock
(csni...@lynx.neu.edu)

Eric F. Gearman

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Nov 9, 1994, 8:17:58 PM11/9/94

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csni...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (christopher sniezek) writes:
[Delitious maximus]

>blocking creatures has the banding ability. Second, there is no such
>thing as 'banding in defense'.

I believe that there is. You can group creatures together, and as long
as _one_ of them has bands, you, the defender, assign the damage whereever
you want to.

Eric Gearman

Michael Ronn Marcelais

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Nov 12, 1994, 10:22:20 AM11/12/94

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In article <39mmio$g...@rocky.pnw.net>, star...@pnw.net (Mark Dryer) writes:
|> My brother and I were playing this evening, and it came to a point
|> where he was attacking me for the kill with a flying creature. I banded
|> a Wall of Swords with a Fire Elemental to block his Lord of the Pit. He
|> claims I cannot band a flying and a non-flying creature to block a flying
|> creature, whereas I maintain that if I can do it on offense, I should be
|> able to do it on defense. Which one of us is right?

To band/join for defence, all the blockers must be legal blockers. Thus your
Elemental is not a legal blocker for the Lord.

On attack, you can attack and band anything together, but since the band is
staying together, your band can be blocked by non-flying creatures (unless
the band is all flying)
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