Cards with those abilities can't be transformed any other way, so you won't even get a "whenever this creature transforms" trigger
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This also makes Persist a great support card, since it only targets non-legendary creatures
For example, take While using hybrid mana in this way helped solve the design issue, we discovered that this type of mana cost caused a lot of confusion
A green 13/13 for ten mana, Krosan Cloudscraper has no combat abilities to speak of and is little more than a large body on the battlefield
Youll more likely be stuck taking out your opponents one at a time with cards like Crackle with Power and Banefire
