Fleshformer

Creature - Human Wizard 2/2, 2B (3)

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Fleshformer gets +2/+2 and gains fear until end of turn. Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only during your turn. (A creature with fear can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Necromancers who discovered the new sources of mana were quick to dream up new nightmares with them.

Illus. Dave Kendall

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 2/1/2009: Fleshformer's ability has only one target: the creature. If that creature becomes an illegal target by the time Fleshformer's ability would resolve, the entire ability is countered. Fleshformer won't get +2/+2 and won't gain fear.
• 2/1/2009: Fleshformer can target itself with its ability. The result is that Fleshformer gains fear, since the +2/+2 and -2/-2 parts of the effect will balance each other out. (Fleshformer's power and toughness will each momentarily go up by 2, in case anything cares about that.)

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern