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Tag: Heavy Arbalest

Activated Abilities, Source

Heavy Arbalest does not deal damage.

June 23, 2011February 5, 2015 | krizriktr

‘s ability grants to the equipped creature an activated ability that allows the controller of the creature to tap the creature to deal two points of damage to a targeted creature or player. Because the creature is the source of this ability, a creature with protection from artifacts can receive damage from this ability (as […]

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Tagged Blazing Torch, Heavy Arbalest
Abilities

What is the source of the ability.

March 2, 2011February 5, 2015 | krizriktr

In most cases the source of an ability is the card itself that has the text that causes the game or players to take some action. Some examples of straight-forard situations like that would be the activated ability of , the triggered ability of or the static ability of . In all of these examples […]

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Tagged Brass Squire, Consecrated Sphinx, Heavy Arbalest, Kemba's Legion, Tel-Jilad Fallen

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  • Casting / playing a spell or ability (378)
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