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What does undying mean in magic?

“Undying” means “When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control with a +1/+1 counter on it.” Each card with undying is a creature. If one of them stops being a creature, undying will still work.

What happens if a token has undying?

It has “summoning sickness”. Tokens can gain undying, and the ability will trigger if a token is put into a graveyard. However, like all tokens, it can’t return to the battlefield and will cease to exist as a state-based action before the ability would go on the stack.

What if a creature has persist and undying?

When a creature with both undying and persist dies without any +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters, both abilities will trigger. Since you control both triggers you choose what order they resolve it. Whichever one resolves first will return the creature to the battlefield with the appropriate counter.

Does sacrifice trigger undying?

Sacrificing the creature triggers its Undying ability, which is put on the stack on top of the Beast’s ability. The Undying ability resolves and the creature returns to the battlefield.

Does undying use the stack?

Your creatures dies for whatever reason and both Undying triggers go on the stack. When the first trigger resolves it returns with one counter and the other trigger is still on the stack.

How does yawgmoth work with undying?

When the undying creature comes back into play, it enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter, so putting a -1/-1 counter on it essentially resets it back to normal. This means you can draw as many cards as you want in exchange for one life; in other words, you’ve got a Yawgmoth’s Bargain.

How does malakir rebirth work?

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire. 2020-09-25: Malakir Rebirth’s effect works only once. If the targeted creature dies and is then returned to the battlefield, it’s considered to be a new creature. If that new creature dies, it won’t come back.

How does persist and undying work?

This works as described. The first time it dies (with no counters on it), both Persist and Undying will trigger. If it’s returned with Persist and then dies, only Undying will trigger (or vice versa). When it dies again, only Persist will trigger.

Is persist a triggered ability?

702.79a Persist is a triggered ability. “Persist” means “When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control with a -1/-1 counter on it.”

How does morbid work MTG?

Morbid is an ability word introduced in Innistrad. It signals that a spell or ability has different effects, additional effects, or may only be used if a creature has died earlier in the same turn.

How does evoke work MTG?

Evoke is a keyword ability that allows a player to pay an alternative cost for a creature spell that possesses this ability; however, if the evoke cost is paid, the creature is sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.