Turning lands into creatures.
Asked by Silentfrowny 9 years ago
I dont really understand the mechanic of turning lands into creatures. is it both a land and a creature? Can I tap it for land, and if so can I still attack with it? and if a card says destroy target creature, does that still destroy my land? thank you in advance for answering.
The way cards are phrased makes it easy to determine what and what not to do. If you turn a land into a creature (for example with Awaken), it becomes a creature with a set power and toughness, and is still a land. If you Awaken a Plains, for example, it's a "Basic Land Creature - Plains". Cards interact with all of the types given there, so you can destroy the land with spells that destroy a land or a creature (and of course, a permanent).
The land will also gain all the special features of a creature in addition to it's own abilities. For example, you can block or attack with it, or you could sacrifice it for an ability that requires to sacrifice either a creature or a land. Because creature permanents have summoning sickness if they weren't on the battlefield under your control as you started the turn, you actually won't be able to attack nor tap the land for mana if you played that land this turn. Awaken nicely ships around that by giving the land haste until end of turn as well.
If the land gets returned to your hand, you can't play it as a creature again - only as a land. ALso, copying an animated land will only give you the unanimated version of it because only what's printed on the card gets copied (generally speaking).
Similar to cards like Whip of Erebos, having multiple types is a weakness generally because those permanents can be destroyed in multiple ways. That's why it's generally adviseable to put your Awaken counters on a single land, rather than multiple ones, though of course there are always exceptions.
Trockenmatt says... Accepted answer #1
See Dryad Arbor. 1. Yes, it is still a creature (Can be destroyed by Stone Rain). 2. You can tap it for mana, but it will then be tapped, so unless you can untap it, you can't attack with it. 3. If they Murder your land (Because it is a creature) the land will die. It is both a land and a creature.
November 15, 2015 4:08 a.m.