Solid ability, but the Trap Runner is just too weak to survive on the battlefield without being shot down by a random Lightning Bolt or Caldera Hellion. It's too expensive to make it matter, and it's too weak to really kill anything. More importantly, Trap Runner's slot in a soldier deck is already occupied by Daru Warchief.
JackBauer24
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Is it possible to block 2 creatures with it? One by regular block and another one with its ability? If not, can someone explain why?
- thanks!
JoshGuessed
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It used to be one of my favorite cards until the trample damage just ran right through it's blocking ability.
A3Kitsune
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@JackBauer24:
Yes. Also, Trap Runner isn't an "it". She's a her. Both the art and her flavor text make her gender clear.
Polkovnik_Skyfox
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
@A3Kitsune:
Well 'she' is a piece of paper so shes an it.
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I think this card is rated a little highly for what it does, 2.25 at best...
AvatarOfHOE
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Question: How does this card work on creatures with trample?
scumbling1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"Question: How does this card work on creatures with trample?"
Simply put, there will be no creature's toughness to absorb any of the damage. You will take whatever the blocked creature's power is.
_GK
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How does Trap Runner's ability work with the enchant creature card Venom?
If an unblocked creature is blocked by way of this tap-ability, is it this card (Trap Runner) that is the blocker (why/why-not and who is the blocker)?
Another way to put my question is: When Trap Runner''s ability causes an unblocked attacking creature to become blocked, does Trap Runner destroy the now blocked attacking creature at the end of combat (on the account of the attacking creature becoming successfully blocked by the Venom enchanted Trap Runner)?
Thanks kindly (Have not been a game of magic between me and my friends that we have not bickered over the technicalities of this one- and why/why-not it should be treated one way or the other).
tavaritz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Trap runner doesn't block the creature. Her ability makes the cratature blocked. So Venom either on the attacker or her does squat.
jphachy
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
i belive this card can block two creatures 1 normally /1 with the ability. any comment to disprove?
In my white weenie deck, laughing at exalted decks.
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@A3Kitsune: It's a card unless you give gender to pieces of cardboard, it's an it.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@JackBauer and Jphachy You could cause two or more to become blocked (via untap effects you could get an indefinite amount.) Her tap ability can occur at any time after attackers have been declared and before combat damage is dealt. You block, then you cause someone else to become blocked.
In other words, Since her ability is not a blocker you don't have to "declare it" at the same time; you just cause something to become blocked. Great against a variety of painful creatures.
3.5 IMO. Usually you'll be better off if you can get fog effects, but they serve a little different purpose. This guy is a fog if you can control the board a bit, reusable and free. Don't have removal? No problem; stall for a bit and that Demon of Death's Gate will just have to watch for a bit.
TheExaltedFox
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Jesus, for those debating the gender of the card, if 'it's just cardboard', then none of the characters in anything you've ever watched or read have any gender either, because they're just ink and pixels. Granted, I probably wouldn't refer to it as a 'her' either, but the subject of this card is clearly female.
Additionally, I love this card, but does it still work on unblockable creatures like it used to? Or, sorry, 'can't be blocked'. I dislike that change.
idgit313
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
can she cause creatures that say "can't be blocked by fewer than x" creatures to become blocked with her power, the way i read it she doesn't create a blocker she just makes it blocked, so my interpretation is that she can.
DiscoSpider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@TheExaltedFox
It does work on unblockable creatures (says in her ability). I also agree with you on the debate, people should chill out.
@idgit313
Yes, she can block creatures that require more than one blocker with her ability. She can also block creatures with shadow, flying, fear, or really any ability unless they have shroud, hexproof, protection, trample, or the potential for direct damage like Thorn Elemental (I love that guy). Technically the trample or direct damage creature would be blocked, but it's irrelevant because it goes through anyways.
I think Trap Runner is a great card, sure she costs a bit, but she's a lot of fun to use (and can be quite frustrating to be against). A friend of mine uses her in a W/G deck that is pretty tough to fight.
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If not, can someone explain why?
- thanks!
Yes. Also, Trap Runner isn't an "it". She's a her. Both the art and her flavor text make her gender clear.
Well 'she' is a piece of paper so shes an it.
Simply put, there will be no creature's toughness to absorb any of the damage. You will take whatever the blocked creature's power is.
If an unblocked creature is blocked by way of this tap-ability, is it this card (Trap Runner) that is the blocker (why/why-not and who is the blocker)?
Another way to put my question is: When Trap Runner''s ability causes an unblocked attacking creature to become blocked, does Trap Runner destroy the now blocked attacking creature at the end of combat (on the account of the attacking creature becoming successfully blocked by the Venom enchanted Trap Runner)?
Thanks kindly (Have not been a game of magic between me and my friends that we have not bickered over the technicalities of this one- and why/why-not it should be treated one way or the other).
You could cause two or more to become blocked (via untap effects you could get an indefinite amount.) Her tap ability can occur at any time after attackers have been declared and before combat damage is dealt. You block, then you cause someone else to become blocked.
In other words, Since her ability is not a blocker you don't have to "declare it" at the same time; you just cause something to become blocked. Great against a variety of painful creatures.
3.5 IMO. Usually you'll be better off if you can get fog effects, but they serve a little different purpose. This guy is a fog if you can control the board a bit, reusable and free. Don't have removal? No problem; stall for a bit and that Demon of Death's Gate will just have to watch for a bit.
Additionally, I love this card, but does it still work on unblockable creatures like it used to? Or, sorry, 'can't be blocked'. I dislike that change.
It does work on unblockable creatures (says in her ability). I also agree with you on the debate, people should chill out.
@idgit313
Yes, she can block creatures that require more than one blocker with her ability. She can also block creatures with shadow, flying, fear, or really any ability unless they have shroud, hexproof, protection, trample, or the potential for direct damage like Thorn Elemental (I love that guy). Technically the trample or direct damage creature would be blocked, but it's irrelevant because it goes through anyways.
I think Trap Runner is a great card, sure she costs a bit, but she's a lot of fun to use (and can be quite frustrating to be against). A friend of mine uses her in a W/G deck that is pretty tough to fight.