Marchesa, the Black Rose and Scroll of Fate interaction with non-creature cards

Asked by Aspitxon 1 week ago

Let's say I have both Marchesa, the Black Rose and Scroll of Fate on the battlefield and activate Scroll of faith's ability to manifest a Skullclamp. I somehow manage to put a +1/+1 counter on the manifested Skullclamp and it dies. Would Marchesa's ability trigger on the Skullclamp since it was a creature when it left the battlefield or does it need to be a creature card once in the graveyard as well?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

As long as it's a permanent card (i.e. not an Instant or Sorcery), it will return to the battlefield. If it's a non-permanent card then it will stay in the graveyard.

"Dies" triggers and other "leaves-the-battlefield" triggers care about what an object looked like at the last moment it was still on the battlefield. This means Marchesa's ability will trigger when the creature in your example dies. The delayed trigger that happens at the next end step will still know the card as "that card" and will still be able to act on it. A permanent card can be returned to the battlefield this way, but there's a special rule that specifically disallows non-permanent cards from entering the battlefield.

December 12, 2024 9:20 a.m.