Blazing Torch (ISD)
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature can't be blocked by Vampires or Zombies.
Equipped creature has ", Sacrifice Blazing Torch: Blazing Torch deals 2 damage to any target."
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Scott Chou
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uuid: cbb12edb-d200-593f-94f7-03f45741efb0
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01:
If a Blazing Torch controlled by one player somehow winds up equipping a creature a different player controls, the damage ability can’t be activated by either player. Only the creature’s controller may activate the ability — but since that player can’t sacrifice Blazing Torch (a permanent they don’t control), the ability’s cost can’t be paid.
- 2009-10-01:
The source of the damage is Blazing Torch, not the equipped creature. However, the equipped creature’s ability is what targets the permanent or player. If Blazing Torch is equipped to a red creature, for example, the ability couldn’t target a creature with protection from red. It could target a creature with protection from artifacts, but all the damage would be prevented.