Questions tagged [mtg-bestow]
A *Magic: The Gathering* mechanic from Theros block that lets one play an Enchantment Creature as an Aura. Please also tag [magic-the-gathering].
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Is an Enchantment Creature also an Enchanted Creature?
Is an Enchantment Creature also an Enchanted Creature? For example, Spiteful Returned states
Whenever Spiteful Returned or enchanted creature attacks, defending player loses 2 life.
If I have ...
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Can Enchantment Creature play its enchanted ability?
When I play Nylea's Emissary and decide to not pay its Bestow cost, does that mean that it is a 6/6 Enchantment Creature with Trample? Does the enchanted creature spell only work if I pay the Bestow ...
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If Nighthowler is attached as an Enchantment to a Creature, what different things can it do?
Do you add the Power and Toughness of Nighthowler to the Creature's Power and Toughness?
If the Creature is tapped, while the Nighthowler is attached to it, can the Nighthowler both attack or block at ...
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When a Creature dies, does the Enchantment Creature attached to that Creature go in the graveyard?
Or can you place that Enchantment Creature as a Creature on the battlefield after the Creature it was attached to dies?
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Dictate of Erebos and Bestowed creatures
Bestow is a mechanic with the following reminder text:
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it’s an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a ...
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Losing Control of Bestowed Enchantment Creatures [duplicate]
I've been playing Magic for about six months and thought I had a decent handle on how things work until I ran into the following problem:
Set-up:
I was playing mono black devotion against blue-green ...
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When is the game state checked for “Whenever you cast […]” triggers?
When you cast a creature for its bestow cost:
When you begin casting, it is a Creature spell
We know this because Steel Golem prevents Bestow creatures from being cast
When you pay the alternative ...
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Can you cast a creature with Bestow while you control a Steel Golem?
You control a Steel Golem, which says "you can't cast creature spells". Can you pay the Bestow cost on, say, a Hopeful Eidolon, and cast it as an aura enchanting the Steel Golem?
My reading of the ...
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Remove bestow target, does it become a creature?
If my opponent was to cast bestow onto a creature, and i then remove the creature, does the bestow get countered and go to the graveyard, or does it become a creature?
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How does Humility affect Bestowable creatures?
Humility says each creature loses it's abilities. So how does that work with bestowable creatures? Normally, for auras, as I understand it, it depends on the timestamp that the aura vs. the humility ...
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Do I draw a card if I enchant an opponent's Eidolon of Blossoms with Hypnotic Siren?
The situation is just as stated in the title: my opponent controls Eidolon of Blossoms:
Whenever Eidolon of Blossoms or another enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
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Can you cast creatures exiled by Ashiok/Nightveil Specter with bestow?
Say you exile a creature such as Eidolon of Countless Battles with a Nightveil Specter or Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver. Can you cast it with bestow as an enchantment aura or can you only cast it as a ...
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Can I cast Enchant Creature cards on Enchantment Creatures (Bestow) that are on another creature?
Say I have a Nessian Courser which is enchanted by a Nylea's Emmissary. I want to cast an Enchantment - Aura on the Nylea's Emissary, for example: Ordeal of Thassa.
Perhaps for some reason, I ...
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Do bestow count toward cards that say “when [sub-type] enters on the battlefield”
Champion of the Parish gains +1/+1 "Whenever a another human enters the battlefield under your control". If I play Nyxborn Shieldmate as a bestow does it count toward this effect? I know it does not ...
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What happens to other Auras on a Creature enchanted with bestowing, when the Creature dies?
Case in point:
Ill-Tempered Cyclops has the Auras of (bestowed) Thassa's Emissary and Aqueous Form.
Then the Cyclops changes zone (returned to library, hand, gets exiled or moved to graveyard by ...
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When I gain control of a creature, do I also gain control of any auras or equipment attached to it?
What would happen if I Portent of Betrayal'd a creature that had been enchanted by a bestow creature and cast a spell to give it protection from the enchantment's color on it to remove the bestowed ...
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Can I block with a previously bestowed creature?
When a creature enchanted with a bestow creature dies while blocking a creature, the bestow enchantment becomes a creature. Can that creature block in the same combat, even though all the blockers ...
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Prophet of Kruphix: Can I flash Bestow?
If I have Prophet of Kruphix out (which gives all my creatures flash), can I use the bestow ability of my enchantment creatures during my opponents turn? For example, can I bestow Thassa's Emissary on ...
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Bestow and Intimidate - what color do I need?
What color do I need to block a bestowed creature which got intimidate? Example: I cast a black bestow aura which grants intimidate on a blue creature. Do I need a blue creature to block it?
