We are excited to announce the upcoming change of the Vigilance ability. Vigilance will be changed to better represent the ability, and to increase the value of creatures that have the ability by allowing them to survive against deadly attacks, when blocking.
The current Vigilance hint reads:
"This creature blocks your opponent's creatures but lets creatures with Defender or Reach block first."
Vigilance will be changed in 4.1 to:
"This creature blocks opposing creatures only if it will survive combat damage of the basic damage step. It allows creatures with Defender and Reach to block first."
On that note, adding Defender to several cards was inherent to the Vigilance change. Therefore the Game Design team had already included this change. We are going to announce which cards will receive Defender, Vigilance or Berserker, in the next Pre-Release Notes, later this month on the Forum.
In order to both create simpler interactions between evergreens, and to make it easier for the old and the new players to understand the new version of Vigilance, its behavior was simplified to preserve its flexibility when combined with other evergreens. The main interactions are listed below:
Also, please check out the FAQ about Basic Damage Step we sent via in-game inbox!
Thank you for playing Magic: Puzzle Quest!
andrewvanmarle said: will some creatures that have vigilance now be converted to defender?
jtwood said: Other topics aside, I appreciate the detail that went into this post.