The Battlefield

Dress Down

$0.62

Magus of the Moon

$4.49

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Dress Down + Magus of the Moon

Overview

With Dress Down on the battlefield, creatures “lose all abilities.” Magus of the Moon’s continuous effect that makes nonbasic lands Mountains still applies; type-changing continuous effects are applied before effects that remove abilities () and WotC confirmed that Magus continues to turn nonbasic lands into Mountains even if it “loses” abilities (Ruling [2021-03-19]). Also note that Dress Down’s enter-the-battlefield trigger draws a card when it resolves () and that if a creature later gains an ability after Dress Down is already on the battlefield, that later-granted ability will remain (Ruling [2021-06-18]).

Step 1

Cast Dress Down (or have it enter the battlefield); when the enchantment spell resolves it is put onto the battlefield under its controller’s control ().

Step 2

Dress Down creates a continuous effect that causes creatures to lose all abilities. That continuous effect will be applied in the layer appropriate for ability changes ().

Step 3

Magus of the Moon is a creature that creates a continuous effect stating "Nonbasic lands are Mountains." That continuous effect changes land subtypes (a type/subtype-changing effect) and is applied in the earlier layer for type/subtype changes ().

Step 4

Because type/subtype-changing effects are applied before ability-removal effects, Magus’s effect making nonbasic lands Mountains is applied even if Dress Down causes creatures to lose abilities; therefore nonbasic lands become Mountains while both are on the battlefield (Ruling [2021-03-19]).

Step 5

If some later effect grants a creature an ability after Dress Down is already on the battlefield, that later-granted ability will exist because effects in the same layer are timestamped and the later effect will apply after Dress Down (Ruling [2021-06-18]).

Resolution

Magus of the Moon still turns nonbasic lands into Mountains while Dress Down is on the battlefield. Dress Down removes abilities from creatures in the relevant layer, but subtype/type-changing effects that make lands Mountains are applied earlier (), so Magus’s continuous effect still functions (Ruling [2021-03-19]). If Dress Down enters the battlefield, its controller draws a card when it resolves (). If a creature is granted an ability after Dress Down is already on the battlefield, that newly granted ability will remain (Ruling [2021-06-18]).

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