Can stealing creatures trigger evolve?
Asked by MTGJustice 9 years ago
Let's say I use Traitorous Blood to steel an opponents creature and I have a Simic Manipulator .Can the manipulator's evolve ability be triggered by this interaction?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
There's only one battlefield zone, shared by all players. The other shared zones are exile, command, stack, and ante (ante is only referenced by a few very old cards, and "playing for ante" is now considered an optional variant on the base rules). Making a creature change controllers doesn't cause it to leave or enter any zone.
July 2, 2014 10:37 a.m.
MSU_Iced_Z says... #4
Just wanted to mention Gather Specimens in case the question was for some kind of theme deck or something. Technically you're stealing a spell, not a creature, but it still kind of fits.
Devonin says... Accepted answer #1
Stolen creatures don't re-enter the battlefield, and so don't cause any "enters the battlefield" abilities to trigger.
They are on the battlefield already, they just change controller.
July 2, 2014 10:32 a.m.