If a creature returned to the battlefield by the unearth ability would leave it for any reason, it's exiled instead—unless the spell or ability that's causing the creature to leave the battlefield is actually trying to exile it. In that case, the spell or ability succeeds at exiling the creature. If the spell or ability later returns the creature card to the battlefield (as Astral Drift might, for example), the creature card will return as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The unearth effect will no longer apply to it.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #330
First-Sphere Gargantua
DIGITAL ONLY
j21·#330·common·nonfoil
Illus. Randy Vargas
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Aug '21
4 yr ago
Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #19,437 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Phyrexian Horror
When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Unearth {2}{B} ({2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
5/4
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
wotc
Activating a creature card's unearth ability isn't the same as casting the creature card. The unearth ability is put on the stack, but the creature card is not. Spells and abilities that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle) will interact with unearth, but spells and abilities that interact with spells (such as Cancel) will not.
Notes
No price observations yet — this card is in the canonical catalog but a refresh hasn't seen a market price.
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