You choose which one because you control the enchanted permanent. If a permanent you control is enchanted with multiple Auras that have totem armor, and the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, one of those Auras is destroyed instead - but only one of them. In either case, all damage is removed from the permanent and the Aura is destroyed instead. Totem armor's effect is applied no matter why the enchanted permanent would be destroyed: because it's been dealt lethal damage, or because it's being affected by an effect that says to 'destroy' it (such as Putrefy). If the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, you must remove all damage from it (if it has any) and destroy the Aura that has totem armor instead. In the above table we can see “Remains on the battlefield” for both Regeneration and Totem armor.When the enchanted creature attacks, all lands controlled by that creature's controller (who is not necessarily the Aura's controller) untap. You need to remember that “dying” is a result of destruction, and if none took place, there is no “dying”. The other effect won’t be consumed at this point.ĭo not confuse effects replacing destruction with effects replacing the creature being put in a graveyard. If a creature enchanted with a Totem armor aura also has a regeneration shield on it, we may choose either when destruction is impending (the one that’s more profitable to us).One aura is destroyed, the other rest (there is nothing to apply after the first has had its effect, destruction has already been replaced with destroying the chosen aura). If our creature is enchanted with two (or three or eight) of our auras with Totem Armor, we are to choose which one takes the hit.If our creature falls under multiple effects replacing destruction, it is up to us to choose which effect to apply: Nothing happens during the second combat damage step because our bear is exhausted, it is resting in the rearguard camps. This time destruction is prevented by regeneration’s replacement effect: all combat damage is removed from the bear, it gets tapped and is taken out of combat. Immediately after the block, we activate the aura’s ability, creating a regeneration shield.ĭuring the first combat damage step, the Minotaur once again deals 6 damage to the Bear. The cunning opponent attacks us with a Minotaur Aggressor, we block with a Bear enchanted with Blessing of Leeches. In this lucky case we will remain proud owners of both the creature and the aura. This is possible through Magic Golden Rule #3. So if it cannot be destroyed for any reason, the game just leaves it be. The creature doesn’t leave the battlefield, not even for an instant!ĭestroying the aura isn’t a cost, it is the effect. It remains in the same state it was in before the lethal incident.

Nothing else happens with the creature itself. Totem Armor’s effect removes all damage marked on the creature and destroys the aura with Totem Armor. One Umbra’s effect will be enough to save this Bear. For example, if a Bear enchanted with Bear Umbra clashes with a 4/4 creature with Deathtouch, two SBAs are affecting the bear at once.

One instance of Totem Armor replaces all possible destructions that are affecting the creature as the effect is applied. Totem Armor’s replacement effect only comes in action when destruction impends a creature. Now we can activate the lands’ abilities whose cost involves tapping them, or use an 'animated' untapped land later on as a blocker.Ī creature that has taken damage from a source with Deathtouch is destroyed as SBA are performed. If any of these lands are creatures and are attacking along with the enchanted creature, untapping them will not change their combat state, they carry on being attacking creatures. It’s simple here: we need to untap all lands under our control. Is the trigger effect that we get when it resolves.

this creature attacks - we have scrutinized abilities of this type when inspecting Hero of Bladehold and Geist of Saint Traft.

Whenever is a signal word for triggered abilities, which reacts to the triggering event:.

“ Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control”. As a result we get a 3/3 blue frog without abilities.īear Umbra’s effect isn’t lost: the amphibious carries on getting its bonus of +2/+2, but the trigger has been removed, since it had been granted to the Bear in person. If the cunning opponent casts Turn to Frog at our Bear, it will lose all abilities (and along that it will become a 1/1 blue frog). Take a Bear and enchant it with a Bear Umbra, we get a 4/4 creature with the ability “Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands under your control”.

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