Static abilities and continuous effects

External Since: Oct 14, 2007 Posts: 7

Is the effect from a Giant Growth considered a static ability? And/or
a continuous effect? I'm getting terminology muddled in my brain making
it hard to work out the Continuous Effects layering rules.

--Brent M

External Since: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 996

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:40:15 -0500, B M <someone.TakeThisOut@somewhere.com> wrote:
> Is the effect from a Giant Growth considered a static ability?

Nope. Static abilities are a kind of ability, generally written on a permanent
but sometimes appearing on cards in other zones, that produce a continuous
effect.

Giant Growth's resolution also produces a continuous effect, but it's from
a resolving spell-or-ability, not from a static ability.

>I'm getting terminology muddled in my brain making
>it hard to work out the Continuous Effects layering rules.

Giant Growth produces a continuous effect which alters power and toughness;
it's in layer 6, though I don't know which sublayer without actually looking.
It doesn't produce any abilities at all when it resolves; spells or abilities
that do so eitehr give the ability as a keyword (trample, flying, etc.), or
put the ability's text they're granting in quotes ("Target creature gets 'At
end of turn, sacrifice this creature' this turn.").

Dave
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