Can you enchant a creature with Shroud?
Asked by RoyLancaster 11 years ago
Say I'm trying to put Lifelink on a Kor Spiritdancer but I have Greater Auramancy on the field. Can I put the enchantment on my Spiritdancer despite her having shroud?
Epochalyptik says... #3
Please remember to select an answer.
Note that if an aura permanent enters the battlefield without be cast (because, for example, it was put onto the battlefield via Open the Vaults ), then you simply attach the aura to any object it could legally enchant. This process doesn't cause the aura to target anything, so it gets around hexproof and shroud.
December 3, 2013 2:10 a.m.
I would of never even made that run around connection Epochalyptik
Not trying to derail this thread but would that mean a heroic wouldn't trigger if and enchantment returns to the battlefield? I have a buddy who uses Gift of Immortality
to sac and bounce back Phalanx Leader
to keep popping the counters off every turn. We've been letting him get away with this until now lol.
December 3, 2013 2:18 a.m.
smash10101 says... #5
Mazzuno: That combo doesn't work. Gift of Immortality is not a spell when it is returned to the battlefield and therefore won't trigger heroic.
December 3, 2013 3:05 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
Additionally, Gift of Immortality only targets as a spell. When it's returned to the battlefield via an effect, it doesn't target anything.
December 3, 2013 3:08 a.m.
Absinthman says... #8
Summarization:
Auras only target at the moment of casting. If they enter the battlefield by any other means, they do not target. They also do not target while they are attached, so gaining shroud afterwards will not unattach them.
December 3, 2013 4:03 a.m.
Er...OP didn't say anything about the Spiritdancer having any other enchantments on it. Enchanted creatures have shroud with Greater Auramancy so it doesn't have shroud until -after- Lifelink is enchanting it.
So there's no reason in the situation you described, that you couldn't enchant the Spiritdancer with Lifelink.
Mazzuno says... Accepted answer #1
702.16a Shroud is a static ability. "Shroud" means "This permanent or player can't be the target of spells or abilities."
An enchantment is a spell. So no.
December 3, 2013 2:06 a.m.