If a non-creature permanent becomes a creature temporarily and receives a counter, that counter will remain even after this permanent stops being a creature. For example, if a is ‘animated’ by its activated ability and receives either +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters, those counters will remain on the Colonnade even after it stops being a creature. […]
Category: Type Changing
How Inkmoth Nexus and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas interact.
One area of player confusion is how multiple abilities that ‘animate’ a permanent interact. A very common interaction that has come up a lot lately deals with ‘ animation ability and the planeswalker second activated ability. In order to get this ball rolling, you must first use Inkmoth Nexus’ ability to turn the Nexus into […]
Lands lose existing subtypes when the land has its subtype changed.
When a land has it’s subtype changed into a basic land type it will lose all of its text and will gain the text the appropriate mana ability. This does not happen with effects (like ’s) that grant lands an additional basic land subtype.