Any abilities ignored in this way are treated as inactive for the purposes of the game action or procedure. Example: A spell reads “Ignore Deflect while paying this spell’s costs.” Any instances of the Deflect keyword on relevant units are treated as inactive while paying the costs of the spell. Example: A unit reads “You ignore Backline while assigning combat damage here.” While assigning combat damage in the combat damage step with this unit present, any instances of Backline on enemy units is treated as inactive. The unit’s controller can assign damage to any units with Backline as if they didn’t have it.
