Saddle

Saddle
Keyword Ability
Type	Activated
Introduced	Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Last used	Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Reminder Text	Saddle N (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power N or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
Statistics	3 cards 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% As of Outlaws of Thunder Junction
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keyword:"Saddle"

Saddle is a keyword ability introduced in Outlaws of Thunder Junction. It only appears on cards with the Mount creature type.

Description

Saddle was designed to mirror the common practice of cowboys riding an animal (such as a horse), which is girthed with a padded and leather-covered seat. On Thunder Junction, the range of animals that can be saddled is much wider. here's no real connection between Mounts and saddle other than a flavorful one. If a Mount becomes some other creature type, it will still have saddle, and non-Mounts can gain saddle if effects allow them to do so.

Saddle is an activated ability that you activate as a sorcery — meaning during your main phase while the stack is empty. Similar to the Crew ability, Saddle is activated by tapping any number of creatures you control with total power equal to or greater than the saddle value N. Creatures with saddle, unlike Vehicles, can attack and block like a regular creature while unsaddled, but they have powerful abilities that only trigger when they attack while saddled.

As the saddle ability resolves, the Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. This doesn't inherently mean anything, but another ability on the card will somehow refer to the Mount being saddled.

Examples

Example

Drover Grizzly
Creature — Bear Mount
4/2
Whenever Drover Grizzly attacks while saddled, creatures you control gain trample until end of turn
Saddle 1 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power N or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Trivia

• Horsemanship and Saddle are technically unrelated.