I think it would still be a legal play if your opponent knew the flavor text on that printing of Ornithopter in English.
If this wasn't insufferable to play against you could make a deck called "gun to ya head" where you try and make people recite flavor text on cards from memory or else they lose.
Phoebe's ability also doesn't indicate that the target of the text box changes. So it's still the parrot that dies, and phoebe leaving the battlefield still does nothing.
Since the card isn't named Carnivorous Death-Parrot or Nine-Lives, the opponent can simply ignore those effects, no? Phoebe only steals the text box.
Edit:
If an ability of an object refers to that object by name, and an object with a different name gains that ability, each instance of the first name in the gained ability that refers to the first object by name should be treated as the second name.
That's why they changed the wording for "this creature", "this enchantment" and so on since Foundation. It's less confusing (in english) this way. Results in other languages may vary.
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djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 43d
I think it would still be a legal play if your opponent knew the flavor text on that printing of Ornithopter in English.
If this wasn't insufferable to play against you could make a deck called "gun to ya head" where you try and make people recite flavor text on cards from memory or else they lose.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 21 pts · 43d
Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 43d
Also, tournament play does not allow the un-set used here
bob_lemon@feddit.org · 3 pts · 43d
Phoebe's ability also doesn't indicate that the target of the text box changes. So it's still the parrot that dies, and phoebe leaving the battlefield still does nothing.Edit: see below
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 43d
That isn't true. A self referencing ability automatically changes to the new creature as per 201.4b.
bob_lemon@feddit.org · 5 pts · 43d
Boo, stupid rules /s
Thanks for the clarification
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 43d
I learned that one early in my magic history thanks to Experiment Kraji
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 43d
Since the card isn't named Carnivorous Death-Parrot or Nine-Lives, the opponent can simply ignore those effects, no? Phoebe only steals the text box.
Edit:
Nevermind, carry on
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 42d
That's why they changed the wording for "this creature", "this enchantment" and so on since Foundation. It's less confusing (in english) this way. Results in other languages may vary.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 43d
Hmm...
In all seriousness, though, this is almost as funny as the old Mishra's Coupon one
regdog@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 43d
What does the japanese text say?
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 43d
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 43d
We finally broke Ornithopter
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 43d
簡単たよ！
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 43d
Man, I have a Donate deck too, but I use Lich and disenchant for the win condition. Less cards, but also less fun lol.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 43d
slow player here 🤷
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 43d
I mean, you can just do nine lives, donate and back to nature.