protection from artifacts

[UltimateArtifacter]

when a card has protection from artifacts and is attacked by a living weapon with the black germ wouldn't the power become zero since the card with protection from artifacts blocks and the germ gets its power from the artifact?

[Coffee Vampire]

Naw, the germ itself is not an artifact, no more than {Mikaeus, the Lunarch} is an artifact for being equipped by an {Inquisitor's Flail}.

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[Fishsticks123]

If u read the living weapon text the germ is black.

[Willthomjr]

If u read the living weapon text the germ is black.

RTFC!

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[Quackmaster5]

Sorin asked because in our match, I attacked with a {lashwrithe} and he blocked with a pro arti creature. Its not a bad question.

[BlackJester]

Sorin asked because in our match, I attacked with a {lashwrithe} and he blocked with a pro arti creature. Its not a bad question.

There are no bad questions, and please don't hesitate to ask.

Posters, please don't belittle others when they ask genuine questions.  We all started from 0 knowledge state and built from there.


Equipment and Auras only add to the power and toughness of the creature to which they are attached.  A 3/3 {U} creature with a {Greatsword} doesn't deal 3 point of damage from a blue source and 3 from an artifact.  It just turns the creature into a 6/3 {U} creature.

Does that help?

[Fenster]

Does a pro arti creature "drop" equipments if it gains protection after equiping?

[BlackJester]

Yes.  {Tel-Jilad Defiance} is a great combat trick for removing equipment from a creature mid-attack.  Problem is, it doesn't work on {Sword of Feast and Famine} or {Sword of Body and Mind} since the sword gives pro-{G}.

Protection stops a creature from enchanted or equipped by things it is protected from.  They "fall off" the next time a player gets priority.