Is a double sided card a creature
Asked by mrosens1 5 years ago
For cards like Cryptolith Fragment Flip which start out as an artifact, and end up becoming a creature, when it's put into the graveyard, or when it's in my hand, does it count as a creature or an artifact?
So if it dies before it flips, it's an artifact, and if dies after it flips, then it's a creature?
January 22, 2019 6:10 p.m.
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Double-faced cards are always front-face up in any zone. So, in your hand, it will be front side up; in your graveyard, front side up; etc.
The only time the back side is up is when it is a permanent on the bagtlefield, transformed under your control. That is the only zone and situation when Aurora of Emrakul will be a creature.
January 22, 2019 6:36 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #4
To expand just a bit further since this particular interaction isn't intuitive:
In the graveyard Cryptolith Fragment Flip is an artifact, but zone change triggers "look back in time" to what the card's characteristics were before. So if something triggers on a creature being put into the graveyard ( Dingus Staff ) now phrased as "dying" ( Zulaport Cutthroat ), it will trigger from Aurora of Emrakul dying.
January 23, 2019 6:47 p.m.
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SynergyBuild says... #1
When not flipped, it is an artifact.
January 22, 2019 6:05 p.m.