Question: Certain
creatures have Power equal to the number of a certain type of monster in
play (e.g., the black cards "Dauthi Warlord" and "Swarm of
Rats"). If they are the only such cards of their type in play, is their
power 0 or 1? --Answer--
Question: The black
card "Swarm of Rats" has power equal to the number of Rat cards
the owner has in play. Do the 1/1 Rat tokens summoned by the Lab Rats card
add to the power of the Swarm? --Answer--
Question: The black
card "Rats of Rath" have a special ability that allows the owner
to tap 1 Black in order to "Destroy target artifact, creature, or land
you control." Why would anyone want to destroy a permanent that they
control? This does not sound like a very useful ability. --Answer--
Question: When the
black rat tokens summoned by the "Lab Rats" sorcery are slain,
do they count as creatures in their owners graveyard for purposes of spells
affected by this? (e.g., the black card "Soulshriek", where "Target
creature you control gets +*/+0 until end of turn, where * is equal to the
number of creatures in your graveyard"). --Answer--
Question: The black
"Crypt Rats" give their owner the ability to "tap X: Crypt
Rats deals X damage to each creature and player." Can this ability
be used as often as desired? Can it be used defensively during another players
turn? Can it be used even if the "Crypt Rats" card is tapped?
Presumably, the Crypt Rats themselves are immune to the damage caused by
this ability? --Answer--
Question: "Torture,"
a black enchantment, allows the caster to place -1/-1 counters on a target
creature. If the "Torture" enchantment is removed, are the -1/-1
counters also removed, or do they remain on the creature? If the -1/-1 counters
reduce the target creatures toughness to 0, is that creature destroyed?
--Answer--
Question: Will the
special ability of the black card "Rabid Rats" ("tap: Target
blocking creatures gets -1/-1 until the end of the turn") slay a target
creature whose toughness is reduced to 0? --Answer--
Question: The black
card "Dauthi Jackal" says "Sacrifice Dauthi Jackal: Destroy
target blocking creature." Can this be any blocking creature, even
one not blocking the jackal? Can the jackal destroy even a non-Shadow creature?
And, if the jackal is being blocked by a creature that will destroy it,
can it still be sacrificed to use this special ability? --Answer--