“It's still a [land].”
Asked by Yesterday 3 weeks ago
I have a Machine God's Effigy enter the battlefield as a copy of an animated Spawning Pool, then I activate the Effigy's ability to become a creature.
Does “It's still a land” just mean “It's still the permanent types that it was at the activation of this ability”? I.E. does this translate to the Effigy becoming an artifact creature until end of turn?
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Yes, that's the correct interpretation of what the "it's still a land" language will do here. You would have an artifact creature (that isn't a land).
205.1b Some effects change an object’s card type, supertype, or subtype but specify that the object retains a prior card type, supertype, or subtype. In such cases, all the object’s prior card types, supertypes, and subtypes are retained. This rule applies to effects that use the phrase “in addition to its types” or that state that something is “still a [type, supertype, or subtype].” Some effects state that an object becomes an “artifact creature”; these effects also allow the object to retain all of its prior card types and subtypes. Some effects state that an object becomes a “[creature type or types] artifact creature”; these effects also allow the object to retain all of its prior card types and subtypes other than creature types, but replace any existing creature types.
April 18, 2024 4:41 p.m.