Daunt
| Daunt | |
|---|---|
| Mechanic | |
| Introduced | Magic 2015 |
| Last used | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate |
| Reminder Text | This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. |
| Statistics |
24 cards  75%  8.3%  4.2%  12.5% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| fulloracle:"can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less" | |
Daunt is R&D slang term used for "can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less".[1] It is primary in green.[2]
Description
Daunt is considered to have a little of the game play of trample, with fewer words and a template that's much easier to understand.[1][3][4]
Prior to Daunt, attempts were made to give Green and Red another form of evasion, and this was around the time when trample (functionally, unblockable by low toughness) was being reconsidered as a keyword. "Unblockable by lesser power" was used sporadically since Guildpact, but the design space is small and plays poorly; only eight cards were printed with this ability, all in green. Later, Red received two cards with "unblockable by 1 power or less" on Hero of Oxid Ridge and War-Name Aspirant.
The blocking restriction was first printed on Magic 2015's Scuttling Doom Engine. As an experiment, it was also featured on several cards in Kaladesh and Amonkhet.[1][5][6] The power level is generally higher than most common keywords, so since is used only in one or two cards a set, if at all. As such, it has few prospects as being officially named.
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate has a variant requiring 4 power to block on two cards.
Cards with Daunt
- Antique Collector
- Arlinn's Wolf
- Brushfire Elemental
- Demolition Stomper
- Dread Linnorm (power 3 or less)
- Elegant Edgecrafters
- Enraged Ceratok
- Fin-Clade Fugitives
- Garenbrig Paladin
- Gate Colossus
- Giltgrove Stalker
- Glinting Creeper
- Greater Sandwurm
- Harvesttide Sentry
- Outland Boar
- Park Heights Maverick
- Questing Beast
- Ravenous Slime
- Rhonas's Stalwart as an exert ability
- Riphook Raider
- Scuttling Doom Engine
- Steel Leaf Champion
Cards granting Daunt
- Ghirapur Guide - activated ability
- Mournwillow - triggered ability, Daunt for all creatures
- Saddle of the Cavalier - equipment; stops power 3 or less
References
- ↑ a b c Mark Rosewater (October 3, 2016). ""Do You Feel Lucky, Aetherpunk?" Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 4, 2016). "Are we one day going to lose trample as an Evergreen keyword?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 4, 2016). "I think it is a good mechanic, but not worth replacing Trample.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 3, 2016). "You forgot about Demolition Stomper". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 6, 2017). "Is Daunt a mechanic we can expect to see more of in the future?". Blogatog. Tumblr.