Gaseous Form

White's Unique Abilities

Curious what you perceive to be white's unique abilities/identity? I'm just curious what white's strengths are that aren't as good (if not better) in green.

Effects primary in white: (green isn’t strong in current color pie in things that are bolded)
+1/+1 counter (creation and caring)
Animating Enchantments (Target/all non-aura enchantment(s) you control becomes an enchantment creature.)
Banisher Priest-like effects (When this card enters the battlefield, exile target creature/permanent until this card leaves play.)
Bring back creatures/permanents that went to the graveyard this turn
Can’t be attacked. (Creatures can’t attack you.)
Can’t lose the game and opponents can’t win.
Destroy target attacking or blocking creature.
Destroy target creature. Its controller gets compensation.
Destroy target creature that damaged you or a creature you control this turn.
Destroy target tapped creature.
Destroy target creature with power ¾ or greater.
Destroy all creatures.
Destroy all creatures with power ¾ or greater.
+N/+N (on Auras)
-N/+N (on spells)
-N/+N (on Auras)
+0/+N (on creatures)
+0/+N (on spells)
+0/+N (on Auras)
+N/+N to your team, one-shot
+N/+N to your team, ongoing
Damage prevention (Prevent the next N damage that would be dealt to target creature/player.)
Damage redirection (Prevent the next N damage that would be dealt to target creature/player this turn. If damage is prevented in this way, this card deals that much damage to target creature/player.)
Defender
Deal N damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Double strike
Enchantment destruction
“Enchantress” ability (Whenever you play an enchantment, draw a card.)
Exiling cards from graveyard
First strike
“Flicker” (Exile target creature/permanent, then return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control—occasionally the creature/permanent returns at the end of the turn.)
Flying
Friendly to artifacts
Friendly to enchantments
Friendly to legendary permanents
Friendly to low mana value cards
Friendly to planeswalkers
“Gaseous Form” (This creature neither deals nor receives damage.)
Indestructible
Life gain
Lifelink
“Meddling” (Name a spell. That spell can’t be played as long as this card is on the battlefield.)
Pacifism-like effect (Enchanted creature cannot attack or block.)
Preventing actions (Your opponents can’t cast spells this turn.)
Protection
Putting enchantments from hand onto the battlefield
Putting planeswalkers from hand onto the battlefield
“Reanimate” permanent (Return a permanent card from a graveyard to the battlefield.)
“Reanimation” (Return a creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield.)
Return target artifact from graveyard to hand.
Return target enchantment from graveyard to hand.
Rules setting
Tapping creatures
Taxing
Token generation
“Tutor” for an enchantment. (Search your library for an enchantment card and put that card in your hand.)
“Tutor” for a planeswalker. (Search your library for a planeswalker card and put that card in your hand.)
Vigilance
Ward (for mana)
“Warlord” (This creature’s power and toughness are equal to the number of creatures you control.)

Artifacts Attacking Auras Banisher Priest Blocking Card Draw Color Pie Creatures Defender Destroy Double Strike Enchantments Enter The Battlefield First Strike Flying Gaseous Form Green Indestructible Lifegain Lifelink Lifelink Mana Mana Value Permanents Planeswalkers Primary Protection Reanimate Rules Search Spells The Exile Zone The Graveyard The Library Tokens Tutoring Vigilance Ward White Your Hand

Dovin's Damage Prevention

Isn't Dovin's damage prevention more like Gaseous Form though? I thought both white and blue got that variant of damage prevention?

Blue gets that occasionally on creatures but not on artifacts, enchantments, land or planeswalkers.

Artifacts Blue Creatures Enchantments Gaseous Form Lands Planeswalkers White

Color Pie Shift

Hey Mark! Quick question: Is Gaseous Form (and Fog Bank) still part of Blue's colour pie? Thanks!

That’s now in white. Blue gets things that lower creatures’ power, -N/-0 effects.

Blue Colors Creatures Fog Bank Gaseous Form White

Gaseous Form Reprint

Why didn't you reprint Gaseous Form to hint at Kiora's + ability being Blue. many people are saying the ability has been shifted to white....what is your take on this?

Gaseous Form is still in blue’s color pie (in addition to white). I don’t feel a need to have to print Gaseous Form in the same set to prove it.

Blue Card Printing Color Pie Colors Gaseous Form Reprints White

Kiora Ability Origins

Now that Kiora is revealed, can I ask about her first ability? Damage prevention always was a white ability in my mind--Heart of Light, Ghostly Possession, et cetera--but here it seems intended to show her blue side. Is this a recent shift?

While not used a lot, the Gaseous Form ability is primary blue.

Blue Gaseous Form Ghostly Possession Heart of Light Primary White

Kiora's Abilities Color

Couldn't all of Kiora's ability be on a mono-green Planeswalker? Explore and Fog are green, and getting a bunch of 9/9 is supposed to be green's specialty.

The first ability isn’t Fog but Gaseous Form which is a blue and white ability.

Blue Gaseous Form Green Planeswalkers White

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