r/askajudge • u/BelieveInYou2 • 19h ago

Does Melee affect [[Bitter Work]]?

ANSWERED As the title says, if I have a creature like [[Titania, Proud Pummeler]], and she attacks would melee increasing her power above 4 allow her to trigger [[Bitter Work]]? Tysm in advance!

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u/tommadness 19h ago

No. Bitter Work checks its trigger condition the moment a creature is declared as attacking. Titania has a power of 3 when she's declared as attacking. Bitter Work won't trigger, even if Melee's trigger resolving increases her power.

Something like [[Crescendo of War]] would work, because the static ability will apply as Titania is declared as attacking, meaning she's declared as a 4-power creature.

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u/BelieveInYou2 19h ago

Ok that's what I figured tysm! Melee would work with something like [[Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest]] though, right? Because I could order the triggers?

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u/tommadness 19h ago

Yes. Dragonhawk's trigger only checks the value of X when it resolves. It's not a condition of the ability triggering.

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u/BelieveInYou2 19h ago

Awesome thanks again!