Skip to content
Mageseeker Warden

Unit

Mageseeker Warden

Energy

6 Energy6Calm Power
CalmCalm5

Rules

While I'm at a battlefield, opponents can only play units to their base.
While I'm at a battlefield, spells and abilities can't ready enemy units and gear.

Card information

Set
Origins OGN
Card number
OGN-070/298
Rarity
Rare
Type
Unit
Tags
Demacia
Power
1
Illustrator
Six More Vodka

Names in other languages

Legality

Constructed (1v1)Legal
2v2Legal

Simulator support

Fully scripted

Every printed ability works in the simulator.

Rulings & errata

›What happens when I play Perched Grimwyrm while I haven’t conquered Dragon Roost this turn? Can I pay [A][A] and play it to Dragon Roost? What if I’ve conquered another battlefield this turn?

You cannot.

In Riftbound, “can’t” beats “can.” Perched Grimwyrm’s effect is a “can’t,” as in it can’t be played to any location but to a battlefield you’ve conquered this turn. Dragon Roost’s ability tries to give the Grimwyrm permission to be played to the Roost, but that can’t overcome Perched Grimwyrm’s own restriction. If you have no ability to play Perched Grimwyrm to Dragon Roost after paying for it, you will not be able to finalize Perched Grimwyrm at all. The actions taken as part of playing Perched Grimwyrm will be undone and it will be returned to the zone it was played from.

This is true even if you’ve conquered another battlefield this turn. If you have the ability, you can play Perched Grimwyrm to that battlefield without paying the additional cost of Dragon Roost, but you can’t play it to Dragon Roost itself unless you’ve conquered it.

Sharp eyed readers may remember that Baron Nashor doesn’t work this way. He enters at the Baron Pit regardless of effects preventing him from being played to battlefields. The reason for this is that Baron Nashor’s passive ability generates a delayed replacement effect, the one that reads “I enter there.” This replacement effect replaces the event of him entering to any other location with him entering to the Baron Pit. The replacement effect gets around effects like Mageseeker Warden which limit where you can play units. However, Dragon Roost is not written as a replacement effect. It tells you where to play the dragon you’ve paid the additional cost for, but it doesn’t specify how that dragon enters the board. Therefore it is a permission on play location, but not a replacement effect.

Relevant Rules: 054.2., 369.3.

Source: Riftbound: Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications (newest FAQ found)