Altar of the Wretched and Buried Alive interaction.

Asked by NTakamura 5 months ago

Am I able to use cards like Buried Alive to Tutor out Altar of the Wretched  ^Flip since it transforms into a creature?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

No, this won't work. A double faced card can only have the characteristics of the back face either when it's on the battlefield after being transformed or if it's a modal DFC (Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip, etc.) that's been cast with the back face. In any other situation it only has the characteristics of the front face. In your example that means Altar of the Wretched  ^Flip isn't a creature card in your library and Buried Alive can't find it.

December 11, 2023 9:05 a.m.