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Asked by saltyk 9 years ago
Okay i have a creature with undying say Strangleroot Geist and no +1 counters on it. My opponent casts Black Sun's Zenith will undying trigger or will it be put in the graveyard the same way as it would if it had +1 counters?
Even though it didnt technically die it was placed in the graveyard for having zero toughness
December 26, 2014 1:41 a.m.
GreatSword says... #3
Yes, undying will trigger when the Strangleroot Geist dies. Undying only doesn't trigger if the creature had any +1/+1 counters on it; a -1/-1 counter is not a +1/+1 counter.
So the Geist dies, the undying triggers, resolves, and the Giest will come back to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
December 26, 2014 1:42 a.m.
GreatSword says... #4
It died die. "Dying" means a creature went from the graveyard from the battlefield, which the Geist certainly did.
It doesn't matter why the creature died; just that it moved from the battlefield to the graveyard.
December 26, 2014 1:43 a.m.
GreatSword says... #6
"Went to the graveyard from the battlefield''
Too much Christmas rum, sorry again.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
+1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters are different things. Undying only cares whether or not the creature had +1/+1 counters on it when it died. Other types of counters don't matter. Strangleroot Geist's Undying ability will trigger in your example.
December 26, 2014 1:40 a.m.