{"id":1088,"date":"2018-03-07T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2018-03-12T10:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T10:30:24","slug":"card-of-the-month-angrath-the-flame-chained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/2018\/03\/07\/card-of-the-month-angrath-the-flame-chained\/","title":{"rendered":"Card of the Month &#8211; Angrath, The Flame-Chained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"_5yl5\"><div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/71133963\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=71133963&size=200 alt=\"Written by Francesco Scialpi Level 2, Italy\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Written by Francesco Scialpi Level 2, Italy<\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Silently, without too much clamor, this card begins to appear in some Standard decks. If our opponent plays Rakdos or Grixis colors, we should not be surprised by this Minotaur \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1089 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/files\/2018\/03\/angrat-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/files\/2018\/03\/angrat-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/files\/2018\/03\/angrat-90x125.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angrath is also an interesting multiplayer card &#8211; the first and third abilities hit &#8220;each opponent,&#8221; and the second one is what it takes to launch an unexpected attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angrath is one of the first planeswalkers with the legendary supertype printed on paper (we underline &#8220;printed&#8221;).\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a brief summary<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of what that means<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before Ixalan, the &#8220;planeswalker rule&#8221; established that if a player controlled multiple planeswalkers with the same <\/span><b>subtype <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(e.g., Angrath in this case), they had to choose one of them and put all the others in the graveyard. A player could not control at the same time <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Angrath%2C+the+Flame-Chained&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Angrath, the Flame-Chained<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a><\/span><\/i> and <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Angrath%2C+Minotaur+Pirate&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Angrath, Minotaur Pirate<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a> <\/span><\/i><span class=\"_5yl5\">at the same time<\/span>, because they share the subtype &#8220;Angrath&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Ixalan onwards, the &#8220;planeswalker rule&#8221; has been abolished. However, all past, present and future planeswalkers have earned the Legendary supertype, and consequently the &#8220;legend rule&#8221; applies &#8211; you cannot control two planeswalkers with the same <\/span><b>name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. We can control at the same time Angrath, The Flame-Chained and Angrath, Minotaur Pirate at the same time, but we can not control two Angrath, The Flame-Chained, or two Angrath, Minotaur Pirate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let&#8217;s take care now of Angrath&#8217;s second ability. In order for a creature to be targeted, it must satisfy a single requirement: it must be, in fact, targetable (it must not have shroud, or hexproof, or protection, and so on). Granted this, any creature is fair game: we can target a creature already untapped, in 2HG we can target a creature controlled by our teammate, and we can even target a creature already under our control. We can cast a creature, and use Angrath&#8217;s ability only to give it haste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once Angrath&#8217;s second ability resolves, destroying Angrath has no consequence on the controlled creature &#8211; the controlled creature always has haste, and at the end of the turn it will still have to be sacrificed or returned to the owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second ability of Angrath, in addition to generating an effect that gives us control of the targeted creature until the end of the turn, also creates a delayed triggered ability, which will go on the stack at the beginning of the end step, and make us sacrifice the controlled creature if it has a converted mana cost (CMC) of three or less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For double-faced cards, the CMC is calculated by looking at the &#8220;front face&#8221; side, even when these cards are transformed, i.e., with the &#8220;back face&#8221; side up. The CMC of <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Huntmaster+of+the+Fells&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Huntmaster of the Fells<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a><\/span><\/i> is four, and the CMC of <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Ravager+of+the+Fells&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Ravager of the Fells<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a><\/span><\/i> is also four. A Ravager of the Fells controlled by Angrath should not be sacrificed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we sacrifice a controlled creature, it dies under our control, and we will also control the abilities that trigger as a result of this event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, if we &#8220;steal&#8221; a <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Jeskai+Sage&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Jeskai Sage<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a><\/span><\/i> from our opponent, when the monk is sacrificed we will draw a card, not our opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, the creature that dies under our control immediately ends up in the owner&#8217;s graveyard, without going through our graveyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To illustrate what\u2019s going on here: suppose we use Angrath to control one of our opponent&#8217;s Zombies. Our opponent controls a <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Compost&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Compost<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a><\/span><\/i>. When the Zombie is sacrificed, it does not pass through our graveyard, so Compost does not trigger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The same situation, but we control the Compost. When the zombie is sacrificed, Compost triggers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can sacrifice the creature only if we still control it at the beginning of our end step. If we steal a creature from the opponent, and they take it back with <i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Vedalken+Shackles&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\"><\/span><\/i>Vedalken Shackles<i><span class=\"_5yl5\"><\/a><\/span><\/i>, for instance, at the beginning of the end step the ability goes on the stack but does nothing &#8211; the creature remains on the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An even more special case is that in which we use Angrath to control a creature with CMC equal to or less than three, and at the end of the turn we forget to sacrifice it. What happened? How is it managed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ability that would make us sacrifice the creature is a trigger (see above), and is considered beneficial for the controller (it is better to sacrifice the creature, rather than having to return it to the opponent). Therefore, if we control Angrath, and forget to sacrifice:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We simply missed a beneficial trigger. No penalty for us.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our opponents are not responsible for our triggers. They can remain silent, and accept that the creature is returned to them &#8211; no problem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If our opponents want it, they can remind us to resolve the ability. If they do it before we pass the turn, we will resolve the ability and we will sacrifice the creature. If they do so after we have passed the turn, the ability can go on the stack, but we can\u2019t sacrifice a creature that we do not control &#8211; the creature remains on the field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the players do not say anything, a judge should not intervene<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s all for Angrath! See you on the next Card of the Month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/4208120376\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=4208120376&size=200 alt=\"Aruna Prem Bianzino\nEditor &amp; translation review\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Aruna Prem Bianzino<br \/>\n<\/strong>Editor &amp; translation review<\/p><\/div> <div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5081051539\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5081051539&size=200 alt=\"Fabio Pierucci\nEditor &amp; translator\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Fabio Pierucci<br \/>\n<\/strong>Editor &amp; translator<\/p><\/div>\u00a0<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/89573001\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=89573001&size=200 alt=\"Brook Gardner-Durbin\nReviewer\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Brook Gardner-Durbin<br \/>\n<\/strong>Reviewer<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silently, without too much clamor, this card begins to appear in some Standard decks. If our opponent plays Rakdos or Grixis colors, we should not be surprised by this Minotaur \u2026 Angrath is also an interesting multiplayer card &#8211; the first and third abilities hit &#8220;each opponent,&#8221; and the second one is what it takes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[81,80,82],"language":[38],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-card-of-the-month","tag-angrath","tag-cdm","tag-planeswalker","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}