Elder Dragon Legend
| Elder Dragon Legend | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Creature Type | |
| (Subtype for creature/kindred cards) | |
| Introduced | Legends |
| Last used | Obsolete |
| Updated to | Elder Dragon |
Elder Dragon Legend is an obsolete creature type for cards that represented legendary elder dragons.
Description
Elder Dragon Legend was a singular creature type that debuted in Legends on the original five elder dragons. Before Sixth Edition, the creature type for a card was considered everything after the summon, with all words counting as a distinct creature type.[1]
This means that at that time, Elder Dragon Legend was a unified type. The rules, however, were given errata to treat them the same as if their type line was “Summon Legend”, so all of the rules that apply to Legends also applied to them. They, however, originally did not count as having the creature type Dragon.[2]
The correct way of templating these cards at that time can be seen on Sliver Queen (Stronghold). They should have had "Summon Legend" on the type line and "[This creature] counts as an Elder Dragon" in the text box. An Elder Dragon would, however, still be considered a single creature type, which is neither a Dragon nor an Elder.
With the release of Sixth Edition, it was allowed to read Legend (and only Legend) as a separate type from the rest of the type line.[3] A few months later, the Battle Royale rules update allowed the independent words to be recognized as individual creature types, making these cards an Elder, a Dragon, and a Legend.[4]
In-game references
- Represented in:
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 04, 2004). "Change For the Better". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ The Duelist #11, Page 57 (The Duelist)
- ↑ Sixth Edition Comprehensive Rule section 215
- ↑ Battle Royale Comprehensive Rules section 212
