If Garruk Relentless dies, will he transform?
Asked by slayerx1779 12 years ago
Garruk Relentless has an effect that causes him to transform when he has two or fewer loyalty counters. So, if he were to have zero loyalty counters, would he be destroyed and have nothing happen, be destroyed and resurrected as Garruk, the Veil-Cursed somehow, would he simply transform and have nothing else happen? Or would something else happen?
Thanks to everyone who answers.
When a planeswalker has 0 loyalty counters on it, it goes to its owners graveyard. So if damage or an effect would take place to remove all loyalty counters from Garruk Relentless he will go to the graveyard. If Garruk Relentless has transformed into veil-cursed and leaves the battlefield, it will return to the battlefield as Garruk Relentless with the loyalty amount stated on the card (I believe is 3?) Hope that helps :)
July 13, 2012 6:36 p.m.
IF IT WERE to return to the battlefield, it comes back as relentless
July 13, 2012 6:38 p.m.
Whenever a double-faced card leaves the battlefield (no matter which side it was on) and reenters the battlefield, it will enter on its daytime side (the side with the sun symbol on the top-left).
See: Huntmaster of the Fells Flip /Ravager of the Fells Flip Flip.
July 13, 2012 7 p.m.
In response to the OP's question, no. Garruk Relentless Flip , as soon as he loses his Loyalty counters, is destroyed and sent to the graveyard on state-based actions. Nothing could be cast or activated until after he is destroyed.
July 13, 2012 7:03 p.m.
GoblinsInc says... #6
Nitpick: A planeswalker is sent to the graveyard when it has no loyalty counters. This is not destruction.
July 13, 2012 7:10 p.m.
slayerx1779 says... #7
Thanks everyone for your answers. I thought that it would be "sent to the graveyard", because even if it did transform instead, it would transform into a planeswalker with 0 loyalty counters. Thanks for the clarification.
July 13, 2012 11:06 p.m.
When Garruk is transformed, since he has 0 loyalty counters, will any attack that gets through to him be enough to send him to the graveyard?
December 8, 2012 11:17 a.m.
GoblinsInc says... #9
If garruk hits 0 counters, he will be sent to the graveyard before his triggered ability can transform him. He won't have to be hit again.
December 8, 2012 11:22 a.m.
GoblinsInc says... #10
If he hits 0 after transforming, he is still sent to the graveyard when SBA's are performed. Note that when he transforms his counters are not removed.
GoblinsInc says... Accepted answer #1
If Garruk has 0 loyalty counters he will be put into the graveyard before his transform ability can resolve (before it goes on the stack too, usually). This is not destruction. When the ability resolves, it will do nothing as the object it is trying to transform no longer exists.
July 13, 2012 6:35 p.m.