Exiled creature with enters the battlefield.

Asked by Gzuis 7 years ago

Taken from the internet: 'After the creature returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the creature that was exiled. It wont be in combat or ((have any additional abilities)) it may have had when it was exiled'

So, exile a creature with Cloudshift ,for example: Accursed Centaur his ability will not work?

Gidgetimer says... #1

No, the ETB will still function.

I would be interested in where you found that besides just "from the internet". If I could see it in a larger context maybe i could explain what it meant or why it is wrong.

August 31, 2016 3:49 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2

Note the use of the word "additional." I suspect the original discussion was about whether an exiled creature could keep abilities granted by spells or abilities.

If, for example, you cast Cauldron Haze and then blink one of the affected creatures post-resolution, the creature won't have persist anymore because it's no longer the same object that you originally exiled. It will, however, have the abilities actually printed on it.

August 31, 2016 4:02 p.m.

Gidgetimer says... #3

So I found where you found that phrase. It is the first part of Eldrazi Displacer's Gatherer ruling. That particular Gatherer ruling is worded a bit oddly. You also stopped adding emphases a little short of where you should have to completely understand this. The phrase that we need to look at is "It won't... ...have any additional abilities it may have had when it was exiled". It is important to understand that the ruling is talking about as the creature existed before it was exiled.

There are many things in MTG that add abilities to cards. This is what it is talking about when it says "additional abilities". Abilities that are not printed on the card. For a simple example from the same block we can look at Kor Sky Climber. If you activate Kor Sky Climber's ability it gains flying when it didn't have it before. If you activate its ability and then Kor Sky Climber gets blinked it will no longer have the additional ability of flying. It still has all printed abilities of the card though and you can pay mana symbol 1mana symbol w to give it flying again.

August 31, 2016 4:10 p.m.

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