Hat Trick

Hat Trick

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Target blocking or blocked creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn. If it has a hat, it gains double strike until end of turn. If you and that creature each have a hat, the creature gains triple strike until end of turn.

"Behold the power of my hat and the ghosts of two other hats I used to own!"

#29,164 EDHREC 🖌 Sebastian Giacobino

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Rulings (10)

Additional hats won't give the creature more "strikes," but we like your spirit.

10/07/2022

You "have a hat" if you have a hat with you, not if you own one somewhere. You don't have to be wearing the hat. But if you have a hat with you, why wouldn't you be wearing it? Does it not fit? Is it for a sports team that's bad? Did you just get your hair done? We're just curious. You don't have to explain.

10/07/2022

Wigs and headbands count as hats. There are wig and headband stickers.

10/07/2022

A creature with triple strike deals combat damage up to three times per combat: once along with other creatures with first strike (or double strike or triple strike), again with creatures without those abilities, and again along with creatures with last strike (an Un- game exclusive). The creature must survive each combat damage step in order to deal combat damage in the next one.

10/07/2022

A hat is a garment worn on the head that's not part of another garment. Hoodies, for example, are not hats. Items that cover only the face and not the top of the head, such as a face mask, are also not hats. Hats are purposely decorative. Simply balancing a thing on your head doesn't make that thing a hat.

10/07/2022

No player can remove another player's hat. That's unsporting conduct.

10/07/2022

The above information pertaining to hats for creatures also pertains to actual hats for players.

10/07/2022

A creature "has a hat" if the creature depicted in the art is in possession of a hat. That creature doesn't need to be wearing the hat. A background character such as a scale bird having a hat won't count.

10/07/2022

You're "wearing a hat" if you're wearing a hat.

10/07/2022

Key in this set—space helmets are not hats, although some creatures with space helmets also are wearing hats underneath those helmets.

10/07/2022

Legality by format

Brawl Not legal
Commander Not legal
Duel Commander Not legal
Legacy Not legal
Modern Not legal
Oathbreaker Not legal
Old School Not legal
Pauper Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Standard Not legal
Vintage Not legal
Block Constructed Not legal
Extended Not legal
Frontier Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal