If a creature with "undying" is killed by Plague Wind, does it return to the battlefield, or is it exiled?

Asked by theindigoeffect 8 years ago

Since Plague Wind prevents regeneration, I thought that it might also prevent creatures with "undying" from returning to the battlefield.

TheRedMage says... Accepted answer #1

Please link all cards involved in your question!

Plague Wind

That said, yes, creatures with undying will come back after being hit by Plague Wind. Plague wind does prevent regeneration, but that is not what is going on here:

• Regeneration is a replacement effect that substitutes being destroyed. A creature that is regenerated will never actually die - rather, instead of being destroyed, it is tapped and removed from combat, and has all damaged removed from it.
• Undying, on the other hand, is a triggered ability that triggers when the creature dies. Plague Wind will destroy your creature normally, then the creature's undying ability will notice that the creature died and will bring it back from the graveyard. Plague Wind still does what it says (it destroys the creature), there's just more stuff that happens afterwards.

On a separate note, no card gets exiled, since no card in your example tells you to exile anything.

May 26, 2015 6:25 p.m. Edited.

theindigoeffect says... #2

Thank you.

May 26, 2015 6:31 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

In the future, please remember to select an answer to remove your question from the active queue.

May 27, 2015 6:41 a.m.