If I turn creatures into copies of Tatterkite will their (finality) counters be removed

Asked by Mave 3 months ago

I was looking into some ways to avoid finality counters on creatures and stumbled over Tatterkite who in theory will never enter with a finality counter. I used cards like Mirrorweave, [[card:Shapesharer] and [[card:Sakashima's Will] a lot in the past and since I have decks that put lots of finality counters on my creatures I wondered if I can simply turn all my creatures into Tatterkite until end of turn to get a pseudo Aether Snap (for counters on creatures only) in a mono blue or UW deck. Another case with similar interactions would be: I have a creature with a finality counter on it now I equip Blade of Shared Souls or Assimilation Aegis to the creature and turn it into Tatterkite for as long as the equipment is attached to it. Will the creature lose the finality counter by becomming Tatterkite? Not sure if Tatterkites oracle text changed to be more akin to Solemnity if it simply works like Solemnity and not like a static effect that says there can't be counters on this permanent.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Unfortunately this won't work. "Placing" counters is an older style term for "putting" counters (Tatterkite has been updated - you can use the Gatherer website or the Wizards Companion app to see any card's current Oracle text). If another creature gains this ability somehow, it just means no more counters can be put on it. Counters that are already there won't be removed.

July 29, 2024 10:18 a.m.