Shouldn't berserk cancel out disable?

Sinitar
Sinitar Posts: 42 Just Dropped In
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At least from a fantasy perspective across many franchises creatures/people that are berserk or are a Berserker and enraged can't be disabled/stopped...just an idea I thought I'd throw out there

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  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2018
    In this game disable also acts as a temporary/reversible exile status (Hixis, cast out, etc) in addition to other disabling enchantment effects like suppression bonds, etc.

    I don't think being a berserker would render one immune to magical incapacitation or tossing into another dimension.
  • andrewvanmarle
    andrewvanmarle Posts: 978 Critical Contributor
    What I never got was why a berserker couldnt attack a disabled creature. Unless they are phased out they should be easy pickings.....
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    Actually, in many fantasy like games, an enraged or berserk creature gets attack bonuses but is unable to do anything else except attacking... Sometimes it also gets immune to stun. The magic the gathering berserk has nothing to do with it... It's a totally different feature and it's originally designed to fit in a card game... It's very different from a "classic" videogame
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    There's a few game mechanics that had me scratching my head when I first started playing.  Like, why can't a creature like Westvale Abby or Mage-Ring responder (when given defender) able to block?  Because it would be too easy then I guess lol
  • Sinitar
    Sinitar Posts: 42 Just Dropped In
    Rather than a video game I was more referring to Classic D&D for my example of Berserkers...would be kind of a fun counter for all those *cough* lovely people that run nothing but disable supports.  But it would have to be some kind of one-time use ability / spell as not to be too crazy 
  • ArielSira
    ArielSira Posts: 520 Critical Contributor
    @FindingHeart8 because "can't" overrules "can" in MTG.
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    You can find anti disable creatures in white/blue(cycling one) and red (mythic 4/4 for 6 mana). I think it's new, I never seen such an ability before amonkhet if I remember well. Maybe they will introduce some more with ixalan. 
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    ArielSira said:
    @FindingHeart8 because "can't" overrules "can" in MTG.
    If memory serves, originally it did not say that Westvale Abbey could not block.
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    Because it's a land in the paper version if I'm not dreaming
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    They could have made it a support instead of a creature but when it was released they didn't had the "support looses 1 shield"  mechanic. It's just a lucky guess... 

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