has two activated abilities, both of which exile creatures. Exiling means to put a card into the exile zone. Creature that are exiled do not go to the graveyard and will not trigger relevant abilities that trigger when a creature dies (because ‘dies’ means ‘is put into a graveyard from the battlefield,’ and ‘exile’ is […]
Category: Zones
Double-faced cards are face up when in your graveyard.
When in any zone other than the battlefield (and after having been transformed), double-faced cards have only the characteristics of their front face (‘Day’ side). While there is not a penalty associated with accidentally putting a double-faced card into another zone with the wrong face showing, doing so has the potential to create mistakes. For […]
Effects that change a permanent’s characteristics only apply when the card is in play.
Effects like the one generated by , or all give a permanent an additional permanent type. It is important to note that these effects only apply while the affected permanent is on the battlefield. Once it leaves play, any of these effects will no longer apply to it. For example, if an Inkmoth Nexus is […]
Creatures only exist on the battlefield; in every other zone they are creature cards.
Many spells and abilities affect creatures in some way or another. When text on a card refers to creatures, it means creatures on the battlefield. This is because creatures only exist when on the battlefield. When a creature card is in any other zone, it is just that: a creature card. For example, let’s say […]
When a card moves from one zone to another it is a new object.
Many effects in Magic will cause a card or permanent to go from one zone to another. One of the most common way this happens is when a permanent in play is destroyed or a card is discarded and it goes to the graveyard. When a card goes from one zone to another it is […]
Tokens do go to the graveyard when destroyed.
Token creatures are actual creatures and they will cause relevant abilities to trigger when they leave play. For example, ‘s ability will trigger when a token creature controlled by an opponent goes to the graveyard. This also applies if the source of the ability itself goes to the graveyard. If a token copy of a […]
Cards can only go to the library of their owner.
The owner of a card in Magic refers to the player who started the game with this card in his or her deck. There are multiple ways for cards and permanents to change controllers, but the owner of card always remains the same. Cards can only be put into the hand, graveyard and library of […]
Exiled cards are revealed, unless stated otherwise.
The exiled zone is a public zone. Cards in public zones can be viewed at any time by any player unless they are specifically placed there face-down. Thanks to this, it is not necessary for to instruct you to reveal the card; the card is automatically visible to all players. Hence, you cannot bluff with […]