Can Anarchist return a Zombify to hand that was used to reanimate it?

Asked by Vanthux 6 years ago

If I have an Anarchist in my graveyard and use Zombify on it, am I able to return the Zombify to hand using Anarchist's enter the battlefield effect?

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

Absolutely. As Zombify is resolving Anarchist enters the battlefield and it's ability triggers, but is not yet put on the stack so no target is chosen. Then Zombify is put into the graveyard as it finishes resolving, then state based actions are checked (this shouldn't do anything in this case, but might), then Anarchist's ability finally is put onto the stack and has to choose a target. As the Zombify was put into the graveyard by the time the trigger hit the stack, it's a legal target even though it wasn't when the trigger initially triggered.

March 24, 2018 7:40 p.m.

Yup! When you play Zombify, it goes to the graveyard which makes it a valid target for Anarchist's ETB!

March 24, 2018 11:03 p.m.

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