Manifested Instants
Asked by The_Epic_Dog 4 years ago
If i have a manifested Giant Growth and i flicker it with Ghostway , what happens?
dragonstryke58 says... #2
Just providing the official rulings to support the above answer:
304.4. Instants can’t enter the battlefield. If an instant would enter the battlefield, it remains in its previous zone instead.
and
307.4. Sorceries can’t enter the battlefield. If a sorcery would enter the battlefield, it remains in its previous zone instead.
August 17, 2019 3:35 p.m.
Also it's important to note that if something did exile the manifested card face-down, it's not actually a 2/2 nameless creature anymore, it's a face-down Giant Growth (in this case).
Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1
The Giant Growth will go to exile face up and stay there.
The reason is because cards go to exile face up unless the effect states otherwise, regardless of their status on the battlefield. Any morphed card or transformed double-faced card will also go to exile face up. So Ghostway exiles a 2/2 nameless creature, but it's Giant Growth when in exile.
Then the rest of Ghostway 's effect tries to return your card, but instants and sorceries can't exist on the battlefield, so Giant Growth will stay in exile instead. Cards are only put on the battlefiled face-down if an effect specifically says so (manifest, morph, the transform effect of double-faced planeswalkers, etc.) and Ghostway doesn't specifically say so.
August 17, 2019 3:10 p.m.