Chicken à la King

Frankie Peanuts Abiding Queries

Loving Unsanctioned! I have a question about what it means to abide by my answer to Frankie Peanuts. My only creature is Chicken à la King. My opponent's Frankie Peanuts asked me, "Will you block this turn?" and I answered "Yes." After seeing my opponent's attacks, can I tap Chicken à la King to its own ability (roll a die), thus making it impossible for me to block? Or must I make a good faith effort to keep my statement truthful?

There’s is where Frankie Peanuts gets tricky. If they ask “Will you block?” and you say “Yes,” that means you’ll block if able when the time comes”, so yes you can tap your Chicken a la King to roll a die before your opponent declares an attack and be unable to block when the time comes. If instead they ask “Will you block with Chicken a la King?” and you say yes, now you can’t tap it because you’ve said you’ll specifically block with it. The trick is asking very, narrow specific questions.

Chicken Chicken à la King Creatures Die Rolling Frankie Peanuts Tap / Untap

Errata to Birds

Wait, Flavor Judge is a Bird, not a Chicken? I also notice Poultrygeist, Free-Range Chicken, and Chicken à la King are reprinted, but not Mesa Chicken. Trying to keep Chickens from being spread across 4 colors?

Chickens have officially all been errataed to Bird. That means Chicken-a-la-King ( which is in Unsanctioned) just got a lot stronger.

Bird Card Printing Chicken Chicken à la King Colors Errata Flavor Flavor Judge Free-Range Chicken Mesa Chicken Poultrygeist Reprints Unsanctioned

Chicken Card Mechanics

Why isn't Chicken à la King errated to read tap target untapped chicken you control? Theoretically, how it is worded now, you could do the coin flip an infinite amount of times.

You can only tap untapped creatures as a cost.

Chicken Chicken à la King Creatures Tap / Untap

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