Does Darkest Hour affect cards in hand or graveyard?
Asked by Kryna 9 years ago
Like in question. Darkest Hour Is on battlefield.
If I play creature card from hand is it black on stack?
If I sacrifice creature is it hit graveyard as a black creature?
If I have an Ruthless Ripper can i show opponent any creature form hand?
TheRedMage says... #2
Unless otherwise specified, all abilities of permanents only work while they are on the battlefield. So objects on the stack, the graveyard or your hand will be their regular colors and not affected by Darkest Hour. All creatures on the battlefield (and only creatures on the battlefield) will be black.
March 3, 2015 1:21 p.m.
GoblinsInc says... #3
Unless otherwise specified, all abilities of permanents only work while they are on the battlefield.
That's not really relevant. Darkest Hour's ability is the one being questioned, and it works just fine as Darkest Hour is on the battlefield. The relevant information is that "Creatures" refers to creatures on the battlefield, not creature cards anywhere else
609.2. Effects apply only to permanents unless the instruction's text states otherwise or they clearly can apply only to objects in one or more other zones.
109.2. If a spell or ability uses a description of an object that includes a card type or subtype, but doesn't include the word "card," "spell," "source," or "scheme," it means a permanent of that card type or subtype on the battlefield.
March 3, 2015 1:28 p.m.
TheRedMage says... #4
Yes, true. That is indeed what I meant - and it's kind of what I was alluding in the examples in the rest of the post. I guess I quoted the wrong sentence.
Sorry for any misconception this might have caused.
GoblinsInc says... Accepted answer #1
Like in question. Darkest Hour Is on battlefield.
Only if it is normally a black creature card. Darkest Hour only affects creatures which only exist on the battlefield. In other areas they are creature spells or creature cards.
For things like "Dies" or "When X goes to the graveyard from the battlefield" it will be seen as a black creature, as these use last known information (they see how it last existed on the battlefield, not how it now exists).
That said, the creature card will not be black in the graveyard as the Darkest Hour doesn't affect creature cards off of the battlefield.
No, see the previous answers.
March 3, 2015 1:18 p.m.