Skybind combo. Help needed
Asked by Lunning155 7 years ago
ok. so basically I need to know if my theory will work. In My deck i have limited creatures to work with so the few i have are fairly important. I was playing and a friend used an Arrest on my creature. If I use Skybind to temporarily exile the enchantment and the creature, when they come back will the Arrest go back on the creauture even though it is not yet active on the field or will it be void and just go to the graveyard?
Lunning155 says... #2
ok. Thank you I just wasn't sure. What about Oblivion rings?
February 7, 2017 10:02 a.m.
libraryjoy says... #3
Not sure exactly your question. If the Oblivion Ring is yours to protect your creature, use it to exile the Arrest. Problem solved until the Oblivion Ring is removed. Even if it comes back, I think it doesn't have a target and just goes to the graveyard (someone with more detailed knowledge of rules will have to verify that. If your opponent cast Oblivion Ring on your creature and you want to protect it, you would need to flash in an enchantment (Dictate of Heliod?) to exile your creature on the stack. Then the O-Ring would enter the field, but nothing would be exiled with it.
February 7, 2017 10:52 a.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #4
Close. If you cast Oblivion Ring on an opponent's Arrest, and the Ring is later destroyed, they DO get to retarget the Arrest. That means it can be put on the creature it was originally attached to, or to any other creature that would be a legal target as it is cast.
Similarly, when Venser, the Sojourner exiles a friendly aura, that aura returns to play with a target.
February 7, 2017 noon
Rhadamanthus says... #5
Closer. The Oblivion Ring-ed Arrest will re-enter the battlefield attached to an object it could legally enchant, but this process doesn't target. This means, for example, that it can be attached to a creature with hexproof or shroud. It can't be attached to something with a protection ability that protects against it (Black Knight, Mistmeadow Skulk, etc.), because one of the specific things protection defends against is attaching things.
Note that a legal object has to be chosen if there's one available. If your opponent is the only one with creatures on the board when their Arrest comes back, they have to attach it to one of their own creatures.
February 7, 2017 1:05 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #6
Another point to note is that Oblivion Ring does not target as a spell. It has an ETB that targets. So if you exile something while oblivion ring is on the stack they will be able (and required) to chose a different target for the ETB. If you wish to negate O-ring you need to do shenanigans in response to the trigger, not the spell.
February 7, 2017 5:12 p.m.
Panzerforge says... #7
I had never thought of that Gidgetimer... Very interesting... (evil laugh here)
RazortoothMtg says... Accepted answer #1
You use Skybind to exile the creature, the Arrest falls off, and then the creature comes back. The Arrest isn't exiled with the creature.
February 7, 2017 9:50 a.m.