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Can a creature with reach block a flying creature that also has intimidate?

Short answer
Yes, if the blocking creature shares a color or creature type with the attacker, or is an artifact creature — reach satisfies flying; intimidate is a separate check.

Blocking a creature requires satisfying all evasion abilities simultaneously. Here you have two: flying and intimidate. Each must be independently satisfied for the block to be legal.

Flying (CR 702.9): A creature without flying or reach cannot block a creature with flying. A creature that has reach can block a flier, because reach explicitly grants that permission (CR 702.17). So reach clears the flying hurdle.

Intimidate (CR 702.13): A creature with intimidate can only be blocked by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share at least one color with it. This is a completely separate requirement. If the blocking creature is an artifact creature OR shares a color with the attacker, the intimidate hurdle is also cleared.

Both conditions must be true at the same time. So: a reach creature can block the attacker only if it is also an artifact creature or shares a color with the attacking creature. If it meets neither of those intimidate conditions, the block is illegal even though reach handles flying.

Example: Your opponent attacks with a 3/3 red-green flying, intimidate Dragon token. You have a green Spider with reach. Because the Spider is green and the attacker is also green, intimidate is satisfied; reach satisfies flying. The Spider may legally block the Dragon. If instead the Spider were mono-blue (and not an artifact), it could not block — reach solves flying but blue shares no color with red-green, failing intimidate.

HIGH confidence CR 702.9b CR 702.13b CR 702.17 CR 509.1b
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