Tree-Ent

[Keith Katsikas]

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Tree-Ent
Mystical

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GUARDIAN
TRUE LOYALTY
May Block any number of Living Targets, including those with Flying and with Unblockable.
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Fred Fields
U

[cadrac]

The Tree-Ent's ability to Block any number of Living Targets, is that only during a single Attack Event (and thus only matters when multiple Attackers are declared in one Event) or does this mean the Tree-Ent can Block an unlimited number of times in one Turn?

Also, I have seen the ruling elsewhere that a Creature cannot both Defend and Block in the same turn, so if the answer to the above question is the second option what happens if Tree-Ent defends? Does it mean that it therefore cannot do any Blocking, or can a Tree-Ent Defend once and then Block all it wants until the damage kills it?

[Keith Katsikas]

Your first thought on how it works is correct. Tree-Ent can block or defend any number of living targets during a single event. But only once per turn.

[cadrac]

Oh, it can Defend against any number of Living Targets, too? Does this mean it deals its 1 point to the Attacker of its choice just like an Attacker being Blocked/Defended by multiple Creatures or would it actually deal 1 point to each? (I had thought that if it wanted to be able to actually Defend instead of Block, it would have to forego using its ability to Block multiple Attackers.)

[Keith Katsikas]

Yes, if it defends multiple attackers it can choose which attacker to deal its 1 damage to.

[Deleted]

Keith, by what ruling or language that you can find on the card can Tree Ent inf Defend within one Event? Just curious and confused...

[Keith Katsikas]

Sorry, you're right "Q", it cannot defend any number of living target, it can only block any number of living targets. My bad.

[JChadbourne]

Then y would anyone attack with mor ethen one creature at a time? Y would you do a group attack if tree ent can only block once per turn? I guess that it makes tree ent not that good. It should be able to block any number of creatures during a turn. It will die once it has hit 5 damage on it. But at least it is able to make itself useful. Only being able to block once per turn is not good. Now it is like every other creature.

[plmrelm]

It's pure strategy: Say I have my Vorex out, and you only have a couple of 1 strength weenies. In order to defeat my Vorex, you HAVE to attack using more then one creature. (say 3?) Instead of any damage going through, my Tree-Ent blocks the damage you would have given my Vorex. Or knowing I can, you wouldn't attack anyway, still leaving Vorex out to do damage...

[JChadbourne]

Thats a poor example.
If someone has out a tree ent you attack with one creture first and then if the tree ent blocks, send in the troops. If he does not blood then why would you send in all the troops. If you are crazy enough to blook with Vorex then I have still accomplished my goal. No creature gives him true loyalty so he would just flee. Also vorex does not have the ablility to block or defend against multiple attacks, so again, just a bad example.

I think I understand the point you are trying to make but just a poor example.

Tree ent should be able to block as many creature as possable until the 5 damage has been dealt. Even if it is in different events, meaning if 5 creatures attack seperately then he should be able to block each of them or be killed by 5 damage which ever comes first.

"May Block any number of Living Targets, including those with Flying and with Unblockable"
Does not state that you have to have them attack all at once. Just that he can bloock any number of living targets. Where does it say that they have to be in the same event? I have read and played it that he can block any number of living targets until he dies or my opponet runs out of hirelings/creatures.

[plmrelm]

sorry - I haven't actually PLAYED since before Reckoning came out...

but yes, I think you understand what I was trying to say.

[redshirt]

jc said:

Tree ent should be able to block as many creature as possable until the 5 damage has been dealt. Even if it is in different events, meaning if 5 creatures attack seperately then he should be able to block each of them or be killed by 5 damage which ever comes first.

By rule, a Creature may only block or defend during one event per turn. (See page 11 of the Comprehensive Rulebook, which you can find at: www.mysticalempire.com/members/me_s_documents/comp-rules-Rev3-05.pdf)

So unfortunately, you cannot opt to have Tree-Ent block or defend in multiple events.

I know when I first played ME I thought Tree-Ent worked the way you did as well.

Among the cards I'm proposing for a future set is a creature that would work like Tree-Ent except that it would be able to block and/or defend as many times a turn as a controller would want.

Then y would anyone attack with mor ethen one creature at a time? Y would you do a group attack if tree ent can only block once per turn?

Right now there aren't too many reasons to attack with more than one creature at a time, period. The main one is the Enrage mechanic, which pumps up an attacker's power by the number of others of its creature type.

The other is to get around Lord Sutraps' damage prevention ability, which only prevents one point of damage per event. If you were to attack with seven 1/1 creatures individually, Sutraps would prevent all seven damage. But if you attack with all seven at one time, he would prevent one and take six.