Zodiac Dragon

About Functional Errata

P3K's existence predated the usage of "when" for Zodiac Dragon, and you say that it's not functional errata in spirit, because the literal text doesn't match how the card worked then. YET, Arabian predated the legendary supertype, and you claim that giving them "legendary" *would* be functional errata? I don't get it. Clearly the spirit of those cards is that if they were printed with legendary available, they would have. And I bet 99% of players then had 1 copy of cards like that to play with.

There is a big difference between unified templates across all of Magic and understanding what we might have done if certain mechanics existed at the time. The only way to know if an Arabian Nights card is legendary, for instance, would be to know the source material and know wether or not it referred to a specific character. For example, is The Old Man of the Sea a specific character or a type of character? (He’s a specific character, I believe). In short, we expect players to grasp that all the cards work similarly, but not that a card might have secret abilities that reading the card can’t easily clue you in on.

Arabian Nights Card Printing Dragon Errata Functional Errata Mechanics Old Man of the Sea Spirit Supertype Templating Zodiac Dragon

Zodiac Dragon Errata

Why is the functional errata on Zodiac Dragon, who worked with P3K cards like Control of the Court and Cunning Advisor when printed but does not now, an exception to the rule?

That change to Zodiac Dragon is just updating it to modern templating. It’s important that cards that work similarly have the same template and we use “when” now for it not “if”.

Advisor Card Printing Control of the Court Cunning Advisor Dragon Errata Functional Errata Modern Rules Templating Zodiac Dragon

Non-Flying Dragons

There are dragons that don't fly though, Zodiac Dragon, Elder Land Wurm, and Henge Guardian.

Notice how long ago all those were printed.

Card Printing Dragon Elder Elder Land Wurm Henge Guardian Lands Wurm Zodiac Dragon

Flying Traits Consistency

"All dragons and angels fly." Elder Land Wurm, Henge Guardian, Shichifukujin Dragon, Zodiac Dragon, Sustaining Spirit seem to disagree. FYI

We will not make a modern dragon or angel that does not fly.

Angel Dragon Elder Elder Land Wurm Henge Guardian Lands Modern Shichifukujin Dragon Spirit Sustaining Spirit Wurm Zodiac Dragon

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