Storm Fleet Swashbuckler
Market price
- Near Mint
- $0.50
- Lightly Played
- $0.24
- Moderately Played
- $0.56
- Heavily Played
- $0.25
- Near Mint
- $0.50
- Lightly Played
- $0.24
- Moderately Played
- $0.56
- Heavily Played
- $0.25
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Ascend
This creature has double strike as long as you have the city's blessing.
“"A bolt to the eye, a blade to the neck. That's the way to clear the deck!"”
2/2
Illustrated by Kieran Yanner
Rulings (8)
Jan 19, 2018
A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.
Jan 19, 2018
Ascend on a permanent isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can't respond to getting the city's blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can't respond before you get the city's blessing.
Jan 19, 2018
If Storm Fleet Swashbuckler gains double strike after it has dealt regular combat damage, it won't go back and deal first-strike combat damage. On the other hand, if it gains first strike somehow and then it gains double strike after dealing first-strike combat damage, it will also deal regular combat damage.
Jan 19, 2018
If you cast a spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city's blessing.
Jan 19, 2018
If you control ten permanents but don't control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won't have the city's blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.
Jan 19, 2018
If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "Legend Rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city's blessing before it leaves the battlefield.
Jan 19, 2018
Once you have the city's blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city's blessing isn't a permanent itself and can't be removed by any effect.
Jan 19, 2018
Some cards get power, toughness, and/or abilities once you have the city's blessing. If another card has an ability that triggers when creatures with certain characteristics enter the battlefield (such as Mentor of the Meek or Elemental Bond do), use the entering permanent's characteristics after you have the city's blessing to determine whether those abilities trigger. This is true even if the entering permanent is your tenth permanent.
