Tianna Crownguard

Tianna Crownguard

[NEW TEXT] [Deflect] (Opponents must pay [A] to choose me with a spell or ability.)

While I'm at a battlefield, opponents can't gain points.

[OLD TEXT] [Deflect] (Opponents must pay [A] to choose me with a spell or ability.)

While I'm at a battlefield, opponents can't score points.

Tianna Crownguard

Q: Can I still conquer and hold battlefields while my opponent has Tianna? Do I get conquer and hold triggers? What about drawing a card instead of getting the 8th point from conquering?

Riftbound rules and card text use the word "score" in a couple different ways. You can score battlefields; you can also score points, as on cards like Tryndamere, Barbarian. The difference between these two is usually clear... but Tianna muddles them more than we anticipated. Tianna is solely concerned with points and doesn't interfere with the process of conquering or holding battlefields. You can still conquer and hold battlefields and get your conquer and hold triggers. You can even draw a card if you conquer a battlefield and can't score because it's the final point and you haven't scored every battlefield yet. It's not until you reach for your scorepad, app, or tracking die that Tianna says "No."

The "gain points" meaning of score is underdeveloped in the current rules, so in the future we are likely to revisit the rules and/or card wordings for scoring points without scoring battlefields. For now, we're issuing errata to make Tianna's function clearer and leaving the rest unchanged.

Tianna Crownguard (revised text)

[Deflect] (Opponents must pay [A] to choose me with a spell or ability.)

While I'm at a battlefield, opponents can't gain points.

Tianna Crownguard

Q: Does Forgotten Monument work the same as Tianna? Will it receive similar errata?

Forgotten Monument works differently from Tianna, and we agree that's confusing. That's part of why we decided to issue errata for Tianna (and not for Forgotten Monument).

Forgotten Monument completely prevents the process of scoring there. That means no conquer triggers, no hold triggers, and no points from doing those things. "Extra" points such as those from Renata Glasc, Mastermind are unaffected. You can still gain control of the battlefield following a showdown-you just can't conquer it.