LogFAQs > #922251900

ShatteredElysium posted...

Bleh, just lost a game in Arena because I'm rusty and assumed mechanics would operate slightly differently.

Opponent had the mech 2/6 taunt out that gets +2 attack when there's nothing else on his side so it was a 4/6
I used Kooky Chemist to swap attack/health
I thought it would change to an 8/2 (or worst case 6/4)
It actually changed to an 8/4

Like it being a 6/4 post swap I get. But 8/4? Why does the +2 attack get applied again. Like if it was going to get applied again surely it should have gone 8/2 not 8/4

It swaps to 6/4 as its new base stats.

And then your opponent only has one creature in play, so it gets +2 attack bringing it up to 8/4.

(This isn't even the weirdest interaction like this. Let's say you have a 1/1 that's pumped to a 2/2 by Stormwind Champion. If you swap its attack and health, then its new base stats get snapshotted at 2/2, and then Stormwind Champion makes it into a 3/3).
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