Will Shirei work with Undying abilities?

Asked by Wormple12 9 years ago

If my Butcher Ghoul dies twice on one turn and thus ends up in a graveyard, will Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker return it to the battlefield? I'm not entirely sure, because the Undying ability changes the power of Butcher Ghoul.

GreatSword says... #1

It won't. When your Butcher Ghoul dies again he'll have a power of 2, so he won't even trigger Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker 's ability.

October 22, 2014 10:26 a.m.

Wormple12 says... #2

But the first time it dies, it has a power of 1? Shouldn't that trigger Shirei's ability?

October 22, 2014 10:31 a.m.

GreatSword says... Accepted answer #3

Sure, it just won't do anything.

When an object changes zones it's considered a new object. So when a card goes from the graveyard to the battlefield and then back to the graveyard it's considered a new object each time. The first Butcher Ghoul that triggered the ability is no longer in the graveyard, so the ability will fail to find anything to bring back and do nothing.

October 22, 2014 10:52 a.m.

Wormple12 says... #4

Okay, that makes sense, thanks :)

I had hoped that this little piece of genius combo would work though :'(

October 22, 2014 11:10 a.m.

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