Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array

Battle — Siege // Enchantment

Illustrated by Andreas Zafiratos

F

EDHREC Rank #8,554

(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, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast this way costs more to cast. // At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that attacked this turn. Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Rulings (19)

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.”

Apr 14, 2023

If a battle has no defense counters, and it isn’t the source of a triggered ability that has triggered but not yet left the stack, that battle is put into its owner’s graveyard. This is a state-based action. This doesn’t cause a Siege’s intrinsic triggered ability to trigger.

Apr 14, 2023

Battles can’t attack or block, even if one also becomes a creature. If an attacking or blocking creature somehow becomes a battle in addition to being a creature, it is removed from combat.

Apr 14, 2023