how does phasing really work?
Asked by metalmustaine 9 years ago
i'm quite confused on how they explained it on wiki. when a card phases out, does it phase in immediately or do i have to wait the next turn?
Your question isn't as clear as it could be, but let's say you're asking what happens when you cast Reality Ripple on a creature, as opposed to that creature already having Phasing. As soon as Ripple resolves, your creature will phase out. This is similar to cards that say "Untap target creature" - even though this isn't the normal time a creature would untap, an effect allows you to do it right now.
If you're asking when a Sandbar Crocodile phases out: The turn you play it, you control it normally. At the beginning of your next turn (more precisely, in your untap step before you untap), all creatures with Phasing phase out, and all creatures that are phased out phase in.
Because phasing in or out doesn't cause a change of zones, summoning sickness is only relevant the turn you cast it, much like any other creature. Of course, while it's phased out, you can't attack or block with it.
And if you're asking anything else, please specify :)
August 2, 2015 2:22 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3
Phasing, in basic terms, affects how you treat permanents. When phasing is involved, you can divide permanents into two categories: phased in and phased out. Let's call the set of phased in permanents Set {A} and the set of phased out permanents Set {B}.
Phased out permanents are still on the battlefield, but they're treated as though they don't exist. Nothing affects them. You ignore them until they phase in.
At the beginning of your turn, before you untap, all phased out permanents in {B} phase in. Simultaneously, all phased in permanents in {A} that have phasing phase out. You basically look at the permanents with phasing and swap their status (phased in or out). After this, you untap all phased in permanents.
Phasing is not like blinking or flickering, which (1) causes a zone change and (2) returns the permanent immediately. When a permanent phases out, it stays on the battlefield, and it remains phased out until the beginning of your next turn or until an effect specifically phases it back in.
If an effect phases something out, it phases that permanent out immediately. It will phase back in at the beginning of your next turn.
If an effect gives something phasing, that permanent will not phase in or out immediately. Rather, it will phase in or out, as appropriate, at the beginning of each of your turns.
TheNextRedDude says... #1
You must wait.
August 2, 2015 12:57 p.m.