(2024-11-08) Effects that modify the creature's power and/or toughness, such as the effect of Giant Growth, will apply to the creature no matter when they started to take effect
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Thats a good example of wanting immersion at the gameplay level, and how the best intentions could crash and burn
If that creature is white, it gets -4/-4 until end of turn instead.
The idea of taking creatures that all share a type and combining them to try to produce something greater than the sum of their parts has existed since the beginning of the game, when cards like Lord of Atlantis and Goblin King motivated players to focus on merfolk and goblins