If I have Mikaeus, the Unhallowed in play and an animated land dies. Does the land return to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it? What about an animated artifact? Let's say Karn, Silver Golem animated an artifact and it's destroyed. Does it return to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it?
Thanks in advance!
Mikaeus and animated objects.
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DementedKirby
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In general, undying will return a card to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it, even if that card isn't a creature card in the graveyard, unless it's an instant or sorcery card, in which case the card will remain in the graveyard rather than return to the battlefield this way (C.R. 702.92a, 304.4, 307.4; see also this thread).
Note that noncreature permanents are not kept from having +1/+1 counters or other kinds of counters on them merely because they're noncreature permanents (C.R. 122, especially C.R. 122.1 and 122.1a). See also this thread.
Go to full postNote that noncreature permanents are not kept from having +1/+1 counters or other kinds of counters on them merely because they're noncreature permanents (C.R. 122, especially C.R. 122.1 and 122.1a). See also this thread.
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In general, undying will return a card to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it, even if that card isn't a creature card in the graveyard, unless it's an instant or sorcery card, in which case the card will remain in the graveyard rather than return to the battlefield this way (C.R. 702.92a, 304.4, 307.4; see also this thread).
Note that noncreature permanents are not kept from having +1/+1 counters or other kinds of counters on them merely because they're noncreature permanents (C.R. 122, especially C.R. 122.1 and 122.1a). See also this thread.
Note that noncreature permanents are not kept from having +1/+1 counters or other kinds of counters on them merely because they're noncreature permanents (C.R. 122, especially C.R. 122.1 and 122.1a). See also this thread.
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WiseWarriorQc
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Yes, the card will return in both cases. Undying works based on the fact that the permanent was a creature and had undying as it last existed on the battlefield, it doesn't need it to be a creature card to bring it back to the battlefield, nor to put a +1/+1 counter on it. The card usually returns as a noncreature permanent since it's a new object, so the +1/+1 counter will have no effect at first, but it will apply if the permanent gets "animated" again.
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