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6 months ago ::
Dec 17, 2012 - 9:41AM
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Isn't this contradictory though. If the rules state that tapping or untapping declared attackers/blockers do not stop them from attacking/blocking, then how does the Master of Arms ability (see link above) do any good to tap target creature blocking it. Now I am confused by that.
Long, long ago (more than a decade ago) when Master of Arms  was originally printed, tapping a blocking creature before combat damage would stop it from dealing any combat damage. So at the time, there was a use for it. But that hasn't been the case for a long time.
And so people say to me, "How do I know if a word is real?" You know, anyone who's read a children's book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it! That makes it real. Being in the dictionary is an artificial distinction; it doesn't make the word any more real than any other word. If you love a word, it becomes real.
--Erin McKean, Redefining the Dictionary
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6 months ago ::
Dec 17, 2012 - 9:42AM
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OK, my bad. I understand now. I thought the post was saying that you could still use Master of Arm's ability.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 17, 2012 - 9:55AM
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You can still use his ability. It just doesn't do anything useful. ( Johnny  challenge: make Master of Arms useful.)
Rules Advisor as of 03/01/2013 Zammm = Batman "Ability words are flavor text for Melvins." -- Fallingman
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6 months ago ::
Dec 17, 2012 - 10:17AM
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«Dystocracy : A system of government in which corrupt leadership colludes with dishonest bankers and greedy elites in order to ensure that productive members of society –people who actually do useful work- bear the greatest share of taxes while gaining the least benefit possible.»
Sounds familiar?
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6 months ago ::
Dec 17, 2012 - 11:58AM
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Royal Assassin  The blocker won't deal damage if it's not on the battlefield.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 17, 2012 - 12:41PM
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OK, my bad. I understand now. I thought the post was saying that you could still use Master of Arm's ability.
Nah, it was mostly just an example of the old rule (Although as I recall they did actually errata him to prevent the damage for a while, but then they decided to go back to his printed wording).
( Johnny challenge: make Master of Arms useful.)
Get your opponent to agree to play Kangaroo Magic. Use Time Machine  to travel back to a time period when the tapped blocker rule was still a thing.
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Hi everyone,I have two questions.
1. If my opponent already controlled a planewalker , then he cast avacyn,angle of hope  ,and resolved on battlefield.Now his planewalker in indestructible right?
[c]Avacyn, Angel of Hope[/c] -> Avacyn, Angel of Hope 
No need to be so obtuse, maybe he's just trying to complement her. That's not too radical of a concept, I mean she is pretty acute, right?.
This right here should be a bannable offense :p
No, not an outright banning, that's too easy. He should be punished ...
... by degrees.
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