If the context of an aura no longer applies to what it is enchanting, is the enchantment destroyed?
Asked by jlrantzx 11 years ago
Example: Awakener Druid has entered the battlefield, and my opponent's forest is now a 4/5 green treefolk creature. He then enchants it with Rancor and ends his turn. I proceed to play putrify, and destroy his Awakener Druid . Would Rancor be destroyed and put back into his hand, or would it stay attached to the land?
nighthawk101 says... #2
"303.4b: If an Aura is enchanting an illegal object or player, the object it was attached to no longer exists, or the player it was attached to has left the game, the Aura is put into its owners graveyard. (This is a state-based action. See rule 704.)" (Comp Rules)
Rancor is an "enchant creature" but the land is no longer a creature. Rancor falls off, and because of its ability, returns itself to its owner's hand.
March 26, 2014 8:45 p.m.
also because the land was a creature you could have Putrefy 'd the land as well killing that and putting your opponent down a land, giving you options depending on what else was going on at that point in the game.
March 26, 2014 9:45 p.m.
Also if you responded to Rancor by Putrefy ing the land then Rancor would be in the graveyard for good and not return to your opponents hand.
March 27, 2014 2:49 a.m.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh because it doesn't go to the graveyard from the battlefield. Great, thanks
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Auras have "enchant ----" abilities that define what kinds/types of objects they can legally enchant. If an aura is ever attached to an illegal object, the aura is put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action.
March 26, 2014 8:44 p.m.