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Magic (The Gathering) => Rules => Topic started by: Harmon74 on February 12, 2013, 07:27:16 PM

Title: Blinkmoth Nexus, Cranial Plating
Post by: Harmon74 on February 12, 2013, 07:27:16 PM
What happens at eot if you equipped a  {Blinkmoth Nexus} with a {Cranial Plating}?
Title: Re: Blinkmoth+cranial plating?
Post by: scarsabrex on February 12, 2013, 07:29:51 PM
Plating falls off.
Title: Re: Blinkmoth+cranial plating?
Post by: Fenster on February 12, 2013, 07:30:56 PM
It gets +2/+0 then it falls of when blinkmoth stops being a creature.

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Title: Re: Blinkmoth+cranial plating?
Post by: Harmon74 on February 12, 2013, 07:32:26 PM
Thanks
Title: Re: Blinkmoth Nexus, Cranial Plating
Post by: average_j03 on February 13, 2013, 06:11:50 AM
What about an enchantment -aura?
Title: Re: Blinkmoth Nexus, Cranial Plating
Post by: Imdowd80 on February 13, 2013, 01:01:48 PM
I thought enchantments would stay. Because you can cypher the keyrune and it'll stay
Title: Re: Blinkmoth Nexus, Cranial Plating
Post by: Harmon74 on February 13, 2013, 01:09:03 PM
That's not enchanted.  That's "encoded".
Title: Re: Blinkmoth Nexus, Cranial Plating
Post by: Gorzo on February 13, 2013, 03:47:28 PM
Quote from: Harmon74 on February 13, 2013, 01:09:03 PM
That's not enchanted.  That's "encoded".

This. While they have a similar effect, enchanting and ecoding behave differently. Auras with "Enchant Creature" constantly check the state of its "target." If at any point, the thing it's enchanting is no longer a creature, the state-based checks will see that it is no longer a valid target for "enchant creature" and the aura will be moved to the graveyard for having an invalid target.

Cipher and encode, on the other hand, only check for target validation once - at the time of attachment. It's a bit wonky, but that's just how it was designed.

Hope that clarifies things.
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