Altar of the Wretched

Artifact

When Altar of the Wretched enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a nontoken creature. If you do, draw X cards, then mill X cards, where X is that creature's power. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Craft with one or more creatures {2}{B}{B} ({2}{B}{B}, Exile this artifact, and then exile one or more creatures you control from the battlefield or from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)

{2}{B}: Return Altar of the Wretched from your graveyard to your hand.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (2)

Rhadamanthus on Altar of the Wretched and …

4 months ago

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.

NTakamura on Altar of the Wretched and …

4 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?