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[MTG] Strangleroot Geist


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[quote name='-Venser el Transeúnte-' timestamp='1326234268' post='5758056']
This card laughs on Infect Deck's Faces all the day
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Only if the infecting creature doesn't have power 2+. It is ruled that a creature dies before its counters are removed by the +1/+1 / -1/-1 rule. Phyrexian Crusader still laughs at this.

I think this looks pretty good. Early game, it swings for two on second turn. Even if you draw it a little later, its 3 power form will still be relevant. Even late game it blocks two attacks on different turns.

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I think Mysty is trying to say that there's a ruling saying that the creature, instead of losing all the -1/-1 counters from the infect, will keep them instead.
So it would be a 1/1 creature instead of a 3/3.

But I'm not sure if that ruling is correct, seeing as it says "When this creature dies, [b]return it to the battlefield.[/b]" This implies that the creatures in fact DOES die and hit the grave, meaning that all the -1/-1 counters will be taken off.

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[quote name='Rainbow Dash' timestamp='1326255444' post='5758849']
I think Mysty is trying to say that there's a ruling saying that the creature, instead of losing all the -1/-1 counters from the infect, will keep them instead.
So it would be a 1/1 creature instead of a 3/3.

But I'm not sure if that ruling is correct, seeing as it says "When this creature dies, [b]return it to the battlefield.[/b]" This implies that the creatures in fact DOES die and hit the grave, meaning that all the -1/-1 counters will be taken off.
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No, it remembers what its last board state was. So lets say this battles a 2/X infect creature. He will get 2 -1/-1 counters and even though he has +1/+1 counter his stats will auto register him being a 1/0 and would be put into the yard before the counters come off.

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Remember kids: Although cancelling out +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters is a state based action, so is sending creatures to the graveyard due to having equal to or less than 0 toughness. State based actions all happen at the same time, so it won't have time to check to see if it didn't have +1/+1 counters on it before it's too late to bring it back.

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