Archers

Questioning Quaketusk Boar Reach

Quaketusk Boar having reach is probably going to catch a lot of people off guard. In the past, reach creatures typically were archers, or spiders, or had "spitting" or "turret" or "bounding" or something like that in the name. I understand that reach is far more common nowadays, making it harder to keep doing this, but I feel like SOME rules for reach creatures should still exist. The rules don't even need to be about the name or creature type. Maybe its something that's communicated in the art.

Reach has proven difficult to communicate in art because it doesn’t have clear symbols like wings for flying. We make a lot of large creatures that don’t have reach.

Archers Art Boars Creatures Flying Rules Spiders Quaketusk Boar

Pauper and Elves

Hey, Mark! It's my birthday today. I am a beginner, but I loved Unstable and Dominaria. Can I get some trivia on my favorite format, Pauper, or on my favorite creature type, Elves?

Elvish Archers, from Alpha, got misprinted as a ½ and then changed to a 2/1 in all future printings. It’s one of only a handful of creature cards printed with different stats. Happy Birthday!

Alpha Archer Beginners Birthday Card Printing Creatures Dominaria Elf Elvish Archers Pauper Unstable

Green's Pinging Exceptions

Does green not getting pinging mean cards like Jagged-Scar Archers and/or Scattershot Archer are no longer in green's color pie slice?

Green can damage fliers through repeatable activations.

Archer Color Pie Colors Green Jagged-Scar Archers Scattershot

Defenders' Game Impact

Do defenders with abilities that progress the game to end count towards the creature slots? Examples such as Archers' Parapet activating to have opponents lose 1 life. What about a card like Doorkeeper activating to mill X cards?

The issue is are they functions as creatures not if they’re advancing the game. Other card types do that.

Archer Archers' Parapet Card Types Card Types Creatures Doorkeeper Mill

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