Flying

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Flying
Keyword Ability
Type Evasion
Introduced Alpha
Last used Evergreen
Reminder Text Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach.)
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keyword:"Flying"

Flying is an evergreen evasion ability that makes creatures without flying unable to block creatures with flying. It has been in Magic since the original Alpha set. [1] [2] It was the first mechanic that Richard Garfield designed for the game. [3]

Description

Flying appears on over 1,000 different cards and is scattered wildly on the color wheel, mostly being found on blue and white cards, but also appearing in black and to a lesser extent red. Green rarely has flying creatures, but is the best color at destroying them (e.g. Hurricane, Plummet). There are a number of creature types that almost always have flying, such as Angels, Birds, Sphinxes, Dragons, and Griffins (each of these generally being creatures with wings).

Rules

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Examples

Enchantments that grant just Flying

One creature

All your creatures

Pseudo-flying

Some creatures without flying can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. Mark Rosewater is not a fan of this design.[4]

See also

References

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