imprint
Asked by Shane 13 years ago
if a card with imprint is removed from the battlefield, what happens to the imprinted card?
All Imprint cards exile a particular card(s), then have abilities which relate to that card. Unless it says otherwise (Mimic Vat is an example), the Imprinted card stays exiled.
May 29, 2011 2:51 p.m.
so, i could blink Clone Shell with Venser, the Sojourner to eventually put out a huge army?
May 29, 2011 3:50 p.m.
Well, not really. Clone Shell's ability to put things into play relies on it going to the graveyard, which Venser doesn't do. If you were forced to Imprint a noncreature card onto Clone Shell, you could blink it to have another shot at hitting something good, but the card currently imprinted on it stays exiled.
May 29, 2011 3:54 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #5
The key here that I think you're missing is that when an object leaves the battlefield, if it comes back, it's an entirely new object from what it was before as far as the game is concerned. It doesn't "remember" anything about its previous existence - how many counters it had on it, any auras it had on it, any spells that had been cast on it, none of it.
So if you "bounce" an object with imprint with Venser, the Sojourner 's first ability, when it comes back in, it has no idea that it ever had a card imprinted. It's totally new, and you'll have effectively lost the original card entirely.
So if you did what you're planning with Venser and a Clone Shell, all you'd really end up doing is slowly milling yourself out. The cards you imprinted would all remain exiled, save for the most recent one, which would enter the battlefield as soon as the shell is put into the graveyard.
Poketo says... Accepted answer #1
The imprinted card will remain exiled
May 29, 2011 1:19 p.m.