Does Cipher stay on a creature when it dies?
Asked by Sniperops 12 years ago
Lets say I Encode Last Thoughts onto my Invisible Stalker . My opponent casts Pyroclasm and my stalker is dead. If I bring that Invisible Stalker back to the battlefield and then I do damage to my opponent with him, do I still get to cast Last Thoughts ? or since he died does that mean the Encode effect just goes away?
Absinthman says... Accepted answer #2
No. If a creature leaves the battlefield and comes back again from whatever zone. It is considered a brand new creature with no connection to the previous one. The spell will no longer be encoded on it.
February 18, 2013 1:45 p.m.
UmbrotheUmbreon says... #3
When a creature leaves the battlefield then reenters, it has no recollection of its past existence. It won't remember being encoded with Last Thoughts , so the new Invisible Stalker will not be encoded.
In short, no you can't cast Last Thoughts because the encoded Stalker doesn't exist and the new one hasn't been encoded yet.
demonx666 says... #1
it no longer has the Cipher on it
February 18, 2013 1:44 p.m.