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407 - Adding and Removing Abilities
- 407.1 - Effects can add or remove abilities of objects. An effect that adds
an ability will state that the object "gains" or "has" that ability. An
effect that removes an ability will state that the object "loses" that
ability. If two or more effects add and remove the same ability, in
general the most recent one prevails. (See Rule 418.5, "Interaction of
Continuous Effects.") [CompRules 2003/07/01]
- 407.2 - An effect that sets an object's characteristic, or simply states a
quality of that object, is different from an ability granted by an effect.
When an object "gains" or "has" an ability, that ability can be removed by
another effect. If an effect defines a characteristic of the
object ("[permanent] is [characteristic value]"), it's not granting an
ability. (See Rule 405.2.) [CompRules 2003/07/01]
Example: An effect reads, "Enchanted creature has 'This creature is an
artifact creature.'" This effect grants an ability to the creature that
can be removed by other effects. Another effect reads, "Enchanted
creature is an artifact creature." This effect simply defines a
characteristic of the creature. It doesn't grant an ability, so effects
that would cause the creature to lose its abilities wouldn't cause the
enchanted creature to stop being an artifact. [CompRules 2003/10/01]
- 407.3 - Effects that remove an ability remove all instances of it.
Example: If a creature with flying is enchanted with Flight, it has two
instances of the flying ability. A single effect that reads "Target
creature loses flying" will remove both. [CompRules 2003/07/01]
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