Undying Manifest - When is a creature no longer a creature.
Asked by Zacoly 10 years ago
If I give a Manifested land undying - Will it return from the grave to the battlefield?
If I enchant my manifested land (non-creature perm.) with Gift of Immortality, will it return? The the gift can't re-attach and goes to the grave, right?
The manifested land will return to the battlefield with a generally useless +1/+1 counter, since the last known information about it is that it was a creature when it died.
For Gift, here is a relevant gatherer ruling:
9/15/2013 If the creature is no longer on the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step after its returned to the battlefield, Gift of Immortality will remain in its owners graveyard.
The aura will remain in the grave since the creature it has to attach to will no longer exist. The land will be returned to battlefield because of last known information.
February 16, 2015 3:18 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
@Boza: That ruling refers to situations in which the object that Gift of Immortality is supposed to enchant doesn't exist at the time the delayed triggered ability resolves. That isn't what's happening here; the object (the card returned to the battlefield by Gift of Immortality's triggered ability) still exists on the battlefield, but it isn't a legal object for Gift of Immortality to enchant.
303.4g If an Aura is entering the battlefield and there is no legal object or player for it to enchant, the Aura remains in its current zone, unless that zone is the stack. In that case, the Aura is put into its owners graveyard instead of entering the battlefield.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Yes and yes.
The manifested card will be a creature with undying when it dies, so undying will trigger for that permanent. The fact that it isn't a creature and doesn't have undying after it dies is irrelevant.
Same for Gift of Immortality. Its ability just returns "that card," meaning the card that was enchanted by Gift of Immortality, to the battlefield. Gift of Immortality will remain in its owner's graveyard because it can't be attached to a noncreature permanent.
February 16, 2015 3:13 a.m.