Flying | |
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Keyword Ability | |
Type | Evasion |
Introduced | Alpha |
Last used | Evergreen |
Reminder Text | Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach.) |
Scryfall Search | |
keyword:"Flying" |
Flying is an evergreen evasion ability that makes creatures without flying unable to block creatures with flying. It has been in Magic since the original Alpha set.[1][2] It was the first mechanic that Richard Garfield designed for the game.[3]
Description
Flying appears on over 1,000 different cards and is scattered wildly on the color wheel, mostly being found on blue and white cards, and to a lesser extent in black and red.[4] Green rarely has flying creatures, but is the best color at destroying them (e.g. Hurricane, Plummet).[4] There are a number of creature types that almost always have flying, such as Angels, Birds, Sphinxes, Dragons, and Griffins (each of these generally being creatures with wings).
Rules
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Examples
Example
Bog Imp
Creature — Imp
1/1
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Enchantments that grant just Flying
One creature
- Flight
- Shimmering Wings
- Arcanum Wings
- Buoyancy
- Crown of Ascension
- Dragon Wings
- Illuminated Wings
- Launch
- Phantom Wings
- Flight of Fancy
All your creatures
Pseudo-flying
Some creatures without flying can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. Mark Rosewater is not a fan of this design.[5]
Tunneling
Some creatures without flying can't be blocked by creatures with flying. This is a red ability, and is nicknamed "Tunneling"[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (Monday, November 17, 2003). "Up, Up and Away". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 8, 2015). "Evergreen Eggs & Ham". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Brady Dommermuth (June 01, 2009). "Mechanically Inclined". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 16, 2017). "What is the point of pseudo-flying creatures like Signal Pest and Orchard Spirit?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 12, 2018). "What color is "can't be blocked by creatures with flying"?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
External links
- A Planeswalker's Primer for Magic 2010: Flying (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube.
- Gavin Verhey (February 3, 2017). "The Invention of Flying". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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