Spell
Dragon Form
Energy
Rules
Choose a unit. Its base Might becomes 5 this turn.
Flow (You may play this from your trash for its Flow cost. Then banish it.)
Card information
- Set
- Vendetta VEN
- Card number
- VEN-116/166
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Spell
- Illustrator
- Kudos Productions
Keywords explained
FlowCR 829Passive Ability; alternate cost / permission
It is functionally short for “You may play this from your trash for its flow cost. Then banish it.”
Functional text from the Core Rules
Legality
Simulator support
Fully scripted
Every printed ability works in the simulator.
Rulings & errata
›What happens if I play Dragon Form on a unit that has -1 [M] from Stupefy applied to it? Will my Fiora, Grand Duelist trigger? Is there a moment where my unit becomes 5 [M] before the -1 [M] from Stupefy brings it down to 4 [M]?
She will not trigger.
Although Dragon Form sets the base Might of a unit to 5 [M], it does so via layers. Layers are evaluated when the effect is applied and their evaluation includes all existing applied layer alterations. We process layers in order, starting from the Trait-Altering layer (where this base Might setting effect is applied), proceeding to the Ability-Altering layer (not part of this example), and proceeding to the Arithmetic layer (where Stupefy’s -1 [M] is applied), but this process happens instantaneously; there is no window while evaluating layers for the unit to see itself become 5 [M] and then go down to 4 [M]. As soon as the effect of Dragon Form is applied, the unit is 4 [M].
As a side note, Might is one of the traits that is managed in the Trait-Altering layer, and it is one of the copyable traits that copy effects can replace or add to.
Source: Riftbound: Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications (newest FAQ found)