When can a vehicle be made an artifact creature?

Asked by Ender297 6 years ago

I played Mobile Garrison which was promptly destroyed as an artifact. The next turn I played Paragon of Eternal Wilds and waited for my next turn. That next turn I argued (and I assume inappropriately so, but i'm new-ish to magic and also wanted to win) that I could then tap Paragon of Eternal Wilds to turn Mobile Garrison into an artifact creature because of its crew 2 ability while it was in my graveyard, then use Pulse of Murasa to return Mobile Garrison to my hand. Was I correct in assuming I could do this or correct in thinking I was wrong?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

No, that doesn't work. Unless they specifically say otherwise or would only make sense otherwise, the abilities on a permanent-type card (artifact, creature, enchantment, land, planeswalker) only work while it's on the battlefield. You can't crew Mobile Garrison while it's in the graveyard.

June 14, 2017 11:58 p.m.