Armadillo Cloak

Questioning Green/White Hybrid

New • 01 May 2022 • Asked by beamnickgriffindotdrive • 22 Comments

I’m skeptical we’d do faux lifelink in green/white hybrid.
Armadillo cloak?

No.
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Armadillo Trivia

New • 22 Jun 2017 • Asked by armadillosandthings • 65 Comments

Hi Mark, it's my birthday today. Do you have any trivia about Armadillos in Magic?

Armadillo Cloak got kind of a silly name because the person doing the concept of at the time assumed it couldn’t be powerful as it was a creature aura. He later said he would have done it differently if he knew how much it was going to get played.Happy Birthday!
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Armadillo Cloak Text

New • 17 Mar 2015 • Asked by icecreammac • 55 Comments

Why doesn't the oracle text for Armadillo Cloak say that the enchanted creature has trample and lifelink? Isn't that exactly what the card does?

No, if you put it on your opponent’s creature, you gain life when it deals damage not your opponent which is what would happen if it was lifelink.
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NERF Godsend Hope

New • 11 Jul 2014 • Asked by aegisaglow-deactivated20181219 • 36 Comments

Any chance of a NERF Godsend? (Actually, thinking about this, I just realized that the Magic apparel I want most is an Armadillo Cloak hoodie.)

If the axe does well, there’s hope. By the way, if you can’t get to San Diego, but are eyeing Garruk’s NERF axe, check out this link about how you can win one: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/win-ultimate-trophy-2014-06-22
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Flavorful Card Desires

New • 17 May 2014 • Asked by agahins • 25 Comments

You are a good designer, but i loved when you did the flavortexts in the odyssey block. You don´t need to stop making awsome cards, but can you do some werebears, giant gorillas and armadillo cloak. I miss the good old magic puns.

I miss them too. 
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Card Errata Explained

New • 04 Oct 2013 • Asked by greenpm33 • 24 Comments

Why is it that Loxodon Warhammer has been errated to give likelink, but Armadillo Cloak hasn't?

Because Armadillo Cloak can be put onto opponent’s creatures and Loxodon Warhammer, as an equipment cannot (well, not easily). Giving Armadillo Cloak lifelink would functionally change the card. Now you can put Armadillo Cloak on an opponent’s creature to stop the damage (because you gain the life not the creature’s controller). If we changed it to lifelink, you could not.
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Armadillo Cloak Origins

New • 13 Aug 2013 • Asked by tokensquirrel • 10 Comments

Armadillo Cloak is one of my favorite Magic cards ever. Could you tell me who designed it and who's responsible for the amusing flavor text?

I designed it. I’m not sure who wrote the flavor text.
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Reprints vs New Versions

New • 30 Jun 2013 • Asked by fezzhead • 7 Comments

What are the most common reasons why old cards get newer versions rather than straight reprints? For example, Unflinching Courage vs. Armadillo Cloak.

There are a variety of reasons. Unflinching Courage was us wanting to put lifelink on the card and Armadillo Cloak had something close to lifelink but not exactly lifelink.
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Warhammer Function Change

New • 13 May 2013 • Asked by affinityforanime • 19 Comments

No Mark, sorry, but you are mistaken on this one. Loxodon Warhammer was functionally changed by giving it lifelink. The original print of Loxodon Warhammer in Mirrodin had a triggered effect that works like Spirit Link. It even mattered more in some cases when the opponent "stole" it through Magnetic Theft and similar effects. This shows WotC has a conflicting policy on reprints and gives leverage to the case that Armadillo Cloak could have been printed in GTC with lifelink.

The change of Loxodon Warhammer is considered a mistake.
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Lifelink Clarification

New • 07 May 2013 • Asked by mtgraptor • 11 Comments

Mark stop being ignorant about the lifelink change! Just read the Daybreak Coronet printed version and the updated oracle text. And you will see it was changed.

I didn’t say lifelink was never changed. I said lifelink was never “spirit link” (aka it could never be put onto the opponent’s creature and gain you life for the damage). “Spirit link” is the ability on Armadillo Cloak.
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Lifelink and Functional Errata

New • 07 May 2013 • Asked by ingenkhoobor • 4 Comments

It doesn't seem fair to say that you don't do functional errata anymore. When "lifelink" was created, you applied it to all cards that had the triggered lifegain ability, including Armadillo Cloak. You then changed what the keyword meant, which is functional errata. Why doesn't this act as "functional errata" you "don't do," anymore?

Armadillo Cloak could be put onto the opponent’s creature to basically stop it from damaging you (yes, you lost and gained the same amount of life). Lifelink has never done that.
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No Armadillo Cloak Errata

New • 06 May 2013 • Asked by themastah • 8 Comments

Why not reprint Armadillo Cloak and errata it to have lifelink, like you did with Loxodon Warhammer?

Because we no longer do functional errata (aka changing how the card functions with errata).
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Unflinching Courage Origin

New • 06 May 2013 • Asked by spectrallynx • 14 Comments

Was Unflinching Courage ever just Armadillo Cloak in the file?

Yes, it was. It was even about to get art for Armadillo Cloak when Aaron Forsythe pointed out that we had to change it because Armadillo Cloak doesn’t actually have lifelink but a similar ability.
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Lifelink vs Lifegain

New • 19 Apr 2013 • Asked by billysunshine-blog • 11 Comments

So I checked armadillo cloak to compare it to unflinching courage, and now I wonder the difference between lifelink and the lifegain on armadillo cloak.

There are a few things. The biggest was that you could put Armadillo Cloak on your opponent’s creature to stop it from essentially harming you. (Technically it damaged you and you gained the life back.) Unflinching Courage (and lifelink auras in general) cannot do that.
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Unflinching Courage Decision

New • 19 Apr 2013 • Asked by sleepingwarrior28 • 16 Comments

Whats with unflinching courage? Why not just reprint armadillo cloak?

Two reasons: 1) Aramdillo Cloak doesn’t technically have lifelink and we wanted to be able to write lifelink on the card. 2) The creative team wasn’t happy with it. Back in the day we used to do a littler sillier creative and we’ve shifted a since since then. 
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Playtest Name Query

New • 19 Apr 2013 • Asked by androgeus • 5 Comments

Was the playtest name for Unflinching Courage "Updated Armadillo Cloak"?

That or something very close.
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