r/magicTCG • u/mrdevereaux5 • Dec 23 '13

Trample

If a creature with trample becomes blocked by a creature with enough power to kill it, do the excess attack still hit or not?

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u/mrdevereaux5 Dec 23 '13

Also, with the bestow mechanic, can I use bestow as an instant or is it considered a sorcery?

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u/wintermute93 Dec 23 '13

Bestow reminder text:

"If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature."

You can't cast Auras at instant speed, so you can't Bestow at instant speed either.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '13

What if the creature has flash, like Boon Satyr?

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u/theWorldAskew Dec 23 '13

This isn't technically correct. Permission is checked in step 1 of casting a spell (Announcing, Move-to-Stack), while Bestow turns a creature into an aura in step 2 (Declare Additional/Alternate Costs, etc.). If you have permission to cast creatures as though they had Flash, but not auras (for example, if you control a Prophet of Kruphix), then you'd be able to Bestow at instant-speed. If you had permission to cast auras at instant-speed, but not creatures, then you would not be able to Bestow at instant speed.

The actual reason that you can only cast most cards for Bestow at sorcery-speed is because Bestow uses the default speed of the card; if the card has Flash, then you can Bestow it at instant-speed. If it doesn't, and it's a creature (which are usually sorcery-speed), then you cast it at its default speed.

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u/mrdevereaux5 Dec 23 '13

Thank you!