<p>You seem to be asking about a creature with</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[This creature] can't be blocked.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>equipped with a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bProwler%27s%5d%2b%5bHelm%5d">Prowler&#39;s Helm</a> that has</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Each of these abilities creates a blocking restriction, and all blocking restrictions must be obeyed.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>509.1b The defending player checks each creature he or she controls to see whether it’s affected by any restrictions (effects that say a creature can’t block, or that it can’t block unless some condition is met). If any restrictions are being disobeyed, the declaration of blockers is illegal. [...]</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So that means it's can't be blocked by any creature, and it can't be blocked by non-Wall creatures. The result is that it can't be blocked by any creature.</p>

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ikegami
<p>In Magic, <strong>can't</strong> always wins from <strong>can</strong>.</p>

<p>The creature says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[This creature] can't be blocked.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bProwler%27s%5d%2b%5bHelm%5d">Prowler&#39;s Helm</a> says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This will simply result in:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Can't be blocked</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The prowlers helm doesn't add anything.</p>

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You misread Prowler. It doesn't give walls the ability to block. It takes away the ability of non-walls to block. So that means you have two "can't" (restrictions). It comes down CR 509.1b, not CR 101.2.
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counterflux
<p>Full question in title. Do equipment effects always override creature effects even tho the creature effects are superior?</p>

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The "full question" in your title is a different question than the one in your description text - whether equipments in general override creature's effects is entirely different from the question of the specific effects named here.
TheThirdMan
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I think this question may be labouring under some unclear or mistaken assumptions: that "creature effects are superior" (the rules don't define anything like that, so I don't know what you mean), that Prowler's Helm "overrides creature effects", that the Prowler's Helm wording means "can be blocked by walls". I suggest you ask about specifics, rather than try to extract a generalised principle, given the generalised principle you're asking about appears to be based on notions not consistent with the game's rules.
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Does Prowler's helm effect makes an unblockable creature blockable by walls?
Paulex
# Does Prowler's helm effect makes an unblockable creature blockable by walls?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-21)

Full question in title. Do equipment effects always override creature effects even tho the creature effects are superior?

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The "full question" in your title is a different question than the one in your description text - whether equipments in general override creature's effects is entirely different from the question of the specific effects named here.  
> **username_2**: I think this question may be labouring under some unclear or mistaken assumptions: that "creature effects are superior" (the rules don't define anything like that, so I don't know what you mean), that Prowler's Helm "overrides creature effects", that the Prowler's Helm wording means "can be blocked by walls". I suggest you ask about specifics, rather than try to extract a generalised principle, given the generalised principle you're asking about appears to be based on notions not consistent with the game's rules.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-04-21. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

You seem to be asking about a creature with

> [This creature] can't be blocked.

equipped with a [Prowler's Helm](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bProwler%27s%5d%2b%5bHelm%5d) that has

> Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls.

Each of these abilities creates a blocking restriction, and all blocking restrictions must be obeyed.

> 509.1b The defending player checks each creature he or she controls to see whether it’s affected by any restrictions (effects that say a creature can’t block, or that it can’t block unless some condition is met). If any restrictions are being disobeyed, the declaration of blockers is illegal. [...]

So that means it's can't be blocked by any creature, and it can't be blocked by non-Wall creatures. The result is that it can't be blocked by any creature.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-04-21. Score: 0

In Magic, **can't** always wins from **can**.

The creature says:

> [This creature] can't be blocked.

The [Prowler's Helm](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bProwler%27s%5d%2b%5bHelm%5d) says:

> Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls.

This will simply result in:

> Can't be blocked

The prowlers helm doesn't add anything.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: You misread Prowler. It doesn't give walls the ability to block. It takes away the ability of non-walls to block. So that means you have two "can't" (restrictions). It comes down CR 509.1b, not CR 101.2.  

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