Eldrazi Displacer and Manifested PWs
Asked by Jimmy_Chinchila 9 years ago
If I manifest Gideon, Ally of Zendikar with Whisperwood Elemental and I have Eldrazi Displacer in play, can I use the ability to exile the manifest "creature" and return to the battlefield face-up as a normal Planeswalker? I figure the manifest/morph is a specific alternate casting cost only and so when it returns to play it won't have that stipulation and will enter face-up.
If this is the case, and you bounced a non-permanent would it just immediately go to graveyard upon entering? Also, could I do the same with an ETB enchantment like the Oath cycle to block, as a manifest token, and then use the ability once blockers declared to remove from combat thus negating damage and getting its ETB trigger?
Thanks, looking to use this interaction in a PW heavy Abzan build.
Jimmy_Chinchila says... #3
Gidgetimer ok so last permanent: lands. If I manifest a land can I flicker it?
January 16, 2016 7:24 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #4
Sure you can flicker it. But I would blink it personally. (Sorry flicker usually refers to returning at EoT instead of immediately, I'm being silly. Yes it works.)
January 16, 2016 8:24 p.m.
Jimmy_Chinchila says... #5
Gidgetimer Ok blink it is!! Thanks for your help
January 16, 2016 8:33 p.m.
Loreshadow says... #6
Does this work for enchantments and artifacts as well?
January 16, 2016 8:51 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #7
Yes, all permanents can be flipped face up by blinking or flickering them.
January 16, 2016 8:56 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #8
@Gidgetimer: To your response #2, an instant or sorcery card in this example would stay in exile, not enter the graveyard. This is important because there are many recent cards that care about and interact with cards in exile.
January 16, 2016 10:10 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #9
Hmm I must have remembered the rule wrong. Rhadamanthus is correct. The rules on it are that it remains in it's previous zone instead of entering the battlefield. So in the case of blinking they would stay in exile.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
So many questions. I will try to answer them all and in order but bear with me if I miss one. Cards that are blinked enter in in their default state (untapped, unflipped, face up, untransformed, phased in) unless specified by the spell or ability. Eldrazi Displacer only specifies tapped so they enter tapped, face up, unflipped, untransformed.
Planeswalker cards come in as the normal Planeswalker, except tapped which has no meaning except for when animated Gideon or Sarkhan.
Instant and sorcery cards can't enter the battlefield. If they would they go to the graveyard instead.
Blocking and blinking is a common practice. It is no different if it is from Cloudshift or Eldrazi Displacer
January 16, 2016 6:19 p.m.