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Invasion of Kaladesh // Aetherwing, Golden-Scale Flagship
UncommonColour IDMV 2
Two-faced — transforms during play
Invasion of Kaladesh
Battle — Siege
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Defense 4
Aetherwing, Golden-Scale Flagship
Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Flying
Aetherwing's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
* / 4
Keywords
FlyingTransformCrew
Card capabilities
ArtifactBattle
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (17)
wotc14 Apr 2023
If a non-battle permanent that is already on the battlefield become a copy of a Siege, its controller chooses one of their opponents to be that battle’s protector. However, it will most likely be put into its owner’s graveyard because it has no defense counters (see below).
wotc14 Apr 2023
Damage dealt to a battle causes that many defense counters to be removed from it.
wotc14 Apr 2023
A battle’s “defense” is displayed in the bottom right corner of the card. A battle enters the battlefield with that number of defense counters. If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a battle, it also enters with that number of defense counters.
wotc14 Apr 2023
If a battle that’s being attacked somehow stops being a battle, it is removed from combat. Similarly, if its controller changes in the middle of combat, it is removed from combat.
wotc14 Apr 2023
If a permanent that is represented by a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a Siege, it will be exiled as that Siege’s triggered ability resolves, then it will be cast transformed. Note that this applies only to transforming double-faced cards, not to modal double-faced cards that can normally be played using either face.
wotc14 Apr 2023
Sieges each have an intrinsic triggered ability. That ability is “When the last defense counter is removed from this permanent, exile it, then you may cast it transformed without paying its mana cost.”
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