Magic the Gathering

Flying

‘Fly­ing’ is what is called an ‘eva­sion’ abil­ity, it deter­mines who can and can­not block a crea­ture in com­bat. It was part of Magic from the beginning.

702.9. Fly­ing

• 702.9a. Fly­ing is an eva­sion ability.
• 702.9b. A crea­ture with fly­ing can’t be blocked except by crea­tures with fly­ing and/or reach. A crea­ture with fly­ing can block a crea­ture with or with­out fly­ing. (See rule 509, “Declare Block­ers Step,” and rule 702.15, “Reach.”)
• 702.9c. Mul­ti­ple instances of fly­ing on the same crea­ture are redundant.

Trans­la­tion:

• 702.9a-b. Fly­ing only allows other crea­tures with Fly­ing or Reach to block this creature.
• 702.9c. Fly­ing is redun­dant if there are mul­ti­ple instances of it.