Battle Squadron Power question
Jonathan Ferrer
creatures you control". Now my question, does that mean creatures at the
beginning of the turn, end of the last turn or is it relative ?
Case in point, say I being attacked by 6 creatures (Including the battle
Squadron, so he is at 6/6), if I block and kill 5 other creatures does the
battle squadron drop to 1/1 or is it still at 6/6. Also if my opponents
brings out new creatures with haste or a instant does the adjust
automatically or the power stays the same for the whole turn ?
Wesley Clifford
<jfe...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>OK, The battle squadron says "It has the power equal to the number of
>creatures you control". Now my question, does that mean creatures at the
>beginning of the turn, end of the last turn or is it relative ?
Continuous is the word you are looking for. His power and toughness is
constantly recalculated whenever the number of creatures you control
changes.
>Case in point, say I being attacked by 6 creatures (Including the battle
>Squadron, so he is at 6/6), if I block and kill 5 other creatures does the
>battle squadron drop to 1/1 or is it still at 6/6.
It drops to 1/1. you only have 1 creature, after all.
>Also if my opponents
>brings out new creatures with haste or a instant does the adjust
>automatically or the power stays the same for the whole turn ?
It stays the same in this case, because if your opponent brings out a
creature, it is under his control, and Battle Squadron only looks at
creatures you control.
If you brought the creatures out, however, his power would go up
instantly, because you control the creatures.
--Wesley
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David DeLaney
>OK, The battle squadron says "It has the power equal to the number of
>creatures you control". Now my question, does that mean creatures at the
>beginning of the turn, end of the last turn or is it relative ?
That means "whenever you look at Battle Squadron, its 'base' power and
toughness are the number of creatures you control (including itself)".
>Case in point, say I being attacked by 6 creatures (Including the battle
>Squadron, so he is at 6/6), if I block and kill 5 other creatures does the
>battle squadron drop to 1/1 or is it still at 6/6.
Once the creatures are -dead-, the Battle Squadron will become 1/1. If
nothing has first strike, the BS will have dealt 6 damage.
>Also if my opponents
>brings out new creatures with haste or a instant does the adjust
>automatically or the power stays the same for the whole turn ?
The power and toughness -always- stay current for the number of creatures
that player currently controls. It's a static ability which has a continuous
effect. (If it read in the number at a given time, it would probably be
a triggered ability, triggering at that time: "At the beginning of your upkeep,
Battle Squadron's power and toughness become equal to the number of creatures
you control", for instance.)
Dave
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