Reach

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A creature with reach can block creatures with flying.

How it works

• Reach does not let a creature attack as if it had flying -- it's purely defensive.
• A reach creature can still block non-flying creatures normally.
• Spiders and giant snakes have reach. The flavor is "tall enough or fast enough to swat fliers from the sky."

Common interactions

• Reach + ground attacker: lets a defensive creature handle both ground threats and fliers.
• Removing reach (rare, via abilities like Mind Control effects that don't preserve abilities) takes a creature off blocker duty against fliers.
• Reach does not stop shadow or other unusual evasion.

Rule reference

[702.17]