Do cards in the graveyard still keep their abilities?
Asked by thaimaishuu 14 years ago
Specifically, when Emrakul, the Aeons Torn hits the graveyard, can I target it with Suffer the Past while the trigger is still on the stack? I think Emrakul still has protection and targeting it would be illegal. Thoughts?
Might want to double check, though. I've been wrong about rulings over abilities and the graveyard in the past.
December 1, 2010 5 p.m.
π_is_the_word says... #3
I'm pretty sure that it only has protection while on the battlefield. So, you could target it when it hits the graveyard.
December 1, 2010 5:22 p.m.
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn will no longer have protection, and can be targeted with Suffer the Past . Emrakul's ability will still trigger, so any cards not removed with Suffer the Past will be shuffled into that player's library.
December 1, 2010 5:28 p.m.
thaimaishuu says... #5
Static abilities only work on the battlefield. I can agree to that. I was going to counter argue with Wonder , but then I did some digging and found this:
"For an ability (any ability) to work outside of the battlefield, it has to either define a characteristic of the card (like Transguild Courier, Woodland Changeling, or Maro), specifically say it works outside of the battlefield (like Anger or Glory) or else do something that would logically mean it has to function somewhere else (like Squee, Goblin Nabob--you can't exactly return Squee from your graveyard if he isn't there in the first place). If an ability doesn't say it works somewhere else, and it would make sense for that ability to work while it's on the battlefield, then it works only on the battlefield. Protection is one such ability."
Siegfried says... Accepted answer #1
Static abilities (in this case, protection) only have an effect while the object with the ability is on the battlefield. Once he leaves the battlefield, he loses protection.
December 1, 2010 4:59 p.m.