Card Name:
Old Fogey
Mana Cost:
Converted Mana Cost:
2
Types:
Creature — Dinosaur
Rules Text:
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it’s phased out, it’s treated as though it doesn’t exist.)
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
Fading 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can’t, sacrifice it.)
Bands with other Dinosaurs (As long as it’s a Dinosaur, this creature can attack in a band with any number of other Dinosaur creatures you control. Bands are blocked as a group. If this creature and at least one Dinosaur creature are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature’s combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it’s being blocked by or is blocking.)
Protection from Homarids (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything that has the Homarid creature type.)
Snow plainswalk (This creature can’t be blocked as long as defending player controls a snow Plains.)
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
Power / Toughness:
7/7
Color:
Green
Color Identity:
Watermark:
None
Border Type:
Silver-bordered
This printing Illustrated by Douglas Schuler
Printing: Unhinged
UnCommander Rulings
If this creature loses its Dinosaur creature type once it is already in an attacking band, it will remain in that band. However, if it is not a Dinosaur as combat damage is assigned, its “Bands with other Dinosaurs” ability will no longer grant the the active player the choice of how divide the combat damage of creatures that are blocking the band.
If this creature loses its Dinosaur creature type, and is not a Dinosaur while blocking as combat damage is assigned, its “Bands with other Dinosaurs” ability will no longer grant the defending player the choice of how to assign the combat damage of the attacking creatures.
The interaction of Old Fogey’s abilities rather strange, and can play out differently depending on outside effects, especially those that mess with counters. However, generally, the below is a good guide.
-Hamster
How do these abilities interact?
Let’s just stick to the four that interact — phasing, cumulative upkeep {1}, echo, and fading 3.
Turn #1 — You play Old Fogey.
Turn #2 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #3 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay {1}.” (This assumes your abilities have the ability to speak — mine do). Echo says, “Pay {GG} or sacrifice Old Fogey.” And finally fading says “Take off one of my three fading counters.”
Turn #4 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #5 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay {2}.” Echo says, “I’m good.” And fading says “Take off another fading counter. I’m down to one.”
Turn #6 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #7 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay {3}.” Echo says, “I’m still good.” And fading says “Take off my last fading counter.”
Turn #8 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases out.
Turn #9 — During your untap step before you untap, Old Fogey phases in. Cumulative upkeep says, “Hey, pay {4}.” Fading then chimes in and says, “You know, I’m going to make you sacrifice Old Fogey. Do you really want to pay {4}?” Then cumulative upkeep says, “Maybe I will. What are you going to do about it?” And then echo says, “Guys, can’t we just all get along? Can’t we all just get along? Get along? Along?” A fight then ensues which ends with Old Fogey’s death.
-Mark Rosewater, Unhinged FAQTIWDAWCC (11/15/2004)