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An '''animate''' effect or spell is one that turns a non-creature into a [[creature]], most of the time for a certain amount of time. The mechanic was first introduced in ''[[Alpha]]'' with <c>Animate Artifact</c> and <c>Animate Dead</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/animating-principle-2004-06-17|The animating principle|[[Magic Arcana]]|June 17, 2004}}</ref>
An '''animate''' effect or spell turns a non-creature into a [[creature]], most of the time for a certain amount of time. The mechanic was first introduced in ''[[Alpha]]'' with <c>Animate Artifact</c> and <c>Animate Dead</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/animating-principle-2004-06-17|The animating principle|[[Magic Arcana]]|June 17, 2004}}</ref>


==Examples==
==Examples==
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*<c>Ensouled Scimitar</c>
*<c>Ensouled Scimitar</c>
*{{card|Everythingamajig||UST|#=149c}}
*{{card|Everythingamajig||UST|#=149c}}
*<c>Eye of Malcator</c>
*<c>Fountain of Ichor</c>
*<c>Fountain of Ichor</c>
*<c>Glint Hawk Idol</c>
*<c>Glint Hawk Idol</c>
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*<c>Jade Idol</c>
*<c>Jade Idol</c>
*<c>Jade Statue</c>
*<c>Jade Statue</c>
*<c>Levitating Statue</c>
*<c>Lifecraft Awakening</c>
*<c>Lifecraft Awakening</c>
*<c>Mimic</c>
*<c>Mimic</c>
*<c>Mirage Mirror</c>
*<c>Mirage Mirror</c>
*<c>Mirror of the Forebears</c>
*<c>Mirror of the Forebears</c>
*<c>Monument to Perfection</c>
*<c>Rusted Relic</c>
*<c>Rusted Relic</c>
*<c>Sanguine Statuette</c>
*<c>Sanguine Statuette</c>
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Animating artifacts (target/all non-creature artifact(s) you control becomes an artifact creature) is [[primary]] in [[Blue]] and [[secondary]] in [[Green]].<ref name="Color Pie 2021">{{DailyRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2021-10-18|Mechanical Color Pie 2021|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 18, 2021}}</ref>
Animating artifacts (target/all non-creature artifact(s) you control becomes an artifact creature) is [[primary]] in [[Blue]] and [[secondary]] in [[Green]].<ref name="Color Pie 2021">{{DailyRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2021-10-18|Mechanical Color Pie 2021|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 18, 2021}}</ref>
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*<c>Alloy Animist</c>
*<c>Animate Artifact</c>
*<c>Animate Artifact</c>
*<c>Animating Faerie</c>
*<c>Animating Faerie</c>
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*<c>Cyberdrive Awakener</c>
*<c>Cyberdrive Awakener</c>
*<c>Ensoul Artifact</c>
*<c>Ensoul Artifact</c>
*<c>Fluros of Myra's Marvels</c>
*<c>Ghirapur</c> (becomes [[Vehicle]]s)
*<c>Karn's Touch</c>
*<c>Karn's Touch</c>
*<c>Karn, Silver Golem</c>
*<c>Karn, Silver Golem</c>
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*<c>March of the Machines</c>
*<c>March of the Machines</c>
*<c>Mech Hangar</c> ([[Vehicle]]s)
*<c>Mech Hangar</c> ([[Vehicle]]s)
*<c>A-Mightstone's Animation</c>
*<c>Mightstone's Animation</c>
*<c>Mizzium Transreliquat</c>
*<c>Mizzium Transreliquat</c>
*<c>Mobilizer Mech</c> ([[Vehicle]]s)
*<c>Mobilizer Mech</c> ([[Vehicle]]s)
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*<c>The Blackstaff of Waterdeep</c>
*<c>The Blackstaff of Waterdeep</c>
*<c>Titania's Song</c>
*<c>Titania's Song</c>
*<c>Tough Cookie</c>
*<c>Toymaker</c>
*<c>Toymaker</c>
*<c>True Polymorph</c>
*<c>True Polymorph</c>
*<c>Unctus's Retrofitter</c>
*<c>Vedalken Humiliator</c>
*<c>Vedalken Humiliator</c>
*<c>Vronos, Masked Inquisitor</c>
*<c>Workshop Elders</c>
*<c>Workshop Elders</c>
*<c>Xenic Poltergeist</c>
*<c>Xenic Poltergeist</c>
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===Animated creature cards in the graveyard===
===Animated creature cards in the graveyard===
This category is thin due to the inability of the rules engine to handle such effects - simple under-game actions, but messy in order to preserve the rules of card types. Effects of this type are unlikely to be printed going forward.
This category is thin due to the inability of the rules engine to handle such effects - simple under-game actions, but messy to preserve the rules of card types. Effects of this type are unlikely to be printed going forward.
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{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Animate Dead</c>  
*<c>Animate Dead</c>  
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{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Answered Prayers</c>
*<c>Answered Prayers</c>
*<c>Cacophony Unleashed</c>
*<c>Crystalline Resonance</c>
*<c>Crystalline Resonance</c>
*<c>Daxos's Torment</c>
*<c>Daxos's Torment</c>
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*<c>Animate Land</c>
*<c>Animate Land</c>
*<c>Anthousa, Setessan Hero</c>
*<c>Anthousa, Setessan Hero</c>
*<c>Argothian Uprooting</c>
*<c>Avalanche Caller</c>
*<c>Avalanche Caller</c>
*<c>Awaken the Ancient</c>
*<c>Awaken the Ancient</c>
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*<c>Ignition Team</c>
*<c>Ignition Team</c>
*<c>Jolrael, Empress of Beasts</c>
*<c>Jolrael, Empress of Beasts</c>
*<c>Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir</c>
*<c>Kamahl, Fist of Krosa</c>
*<c>Kamahl, Fist of Krosa</c>
*<c>Kamahl, Heart of Krosa</c>
*<c>Kamahl, Heart of Krosa</c>
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*<c>Living Plane</c>
*<c>Living Plane</c>
*<c>Living Terrain</c>
*<c>Living Terrain</c>
*<c>A-Llanowar Loamspeaker</c>
*<c>Llanowar Loamspeaker</c>
*<c>Llanowar Loamspeaker</c>
*<c>Mishra's Groundbreaker</c>
*<c>Mishra's Groundbreaker</c>
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*<c>Primal Adversary</c>
*<c>Primal Adversary</c>
*<c>Quirion Druid</c>
*<c>Quirion Druid</c>
*<c>Rampaging Growth</c>
*<c>Rebuild the City</c>
*<c>Roaring Earth</c>
*<c>Roaring Earth</c>
*<c>Rude Awakening</c>
*<c>Rude Awakening</c>
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*<c>Spike Tiller</c>
*<c>Spike Tiller</c>
*<c>Sylvan Awakening</c>
*<c>Sylvan Awakening</c>
*<c>A-Tatyova, Steward of Tides</c>
*<c>Tatyova, Steward of Tides</c>
*<c>Tatyova, Steward of Tides</c>
*<c>Tawnos's Tinkering</c>
*<c>Thelonite Druid</c> ([[Forest]]s)
*<c>Thelonite Druid</c> ([[Forest]]s)
*<c>Titania, Gaea Incarnate</c>
*<c>Vastwood Animist</c>
*<c>Vastwood Animist</c>
*<c>Vastwood Zendikon</c>
*<c>Vastwood Zendikon</c>
*<c>Vengeant Earth</c>
*<c>Verdant Touch</c>
*<c>Verdant Touch</c>
*<c>Vivify</c>
*<c>Vivify</c>
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*<c>Wall of Resurgence</c>
*<c>Wall of Resurgence</c>
*<c>Wind Zendikon</c>
*<c>Wind Zendikon</c>
*<c>Woodcaller Automaton</c>
*<c>Woodwraith Corrupter</c>
*<c>Woodwraith Corrupter</c>
*<c>Wrenn and Realmbreaker</c>
}}
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*<c>Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker</c>
*<c>Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker</c>
**<c>Sarkhan The Masterless</c> can animate all planeswalkers of his controller.
**<c>Sarkhan The Masterless</c> can animate all planeswalkers of his controller.
*<c>Spark Rupture</c>
*<c>Sparkshaper Visionary</c>
*<c>Oko, the Trickster</c>
*<c>Oko, the Trickster</c>
}}
}}


====[[Gideon Jura]]s====
====[[Gideon Jura]]s====
The main design direction of Gideon is his ability to become a creature.{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
The main design direction of Gideon is his ability to become a creature.
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*<c>Gideon, Ally of Zendikar</c>
*<c>Gideon, Ally of Zendikar</c>
*<c>Gideon, Battle-Forged</c>
*<c>Gideon, Battle-Forged</c>
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{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*<c>Animate Graveyard</c>
*<c>Animate Graveyard</c>
}}
===Animated objects===
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*<c>Animate Object</c>
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==="Enchantment-ize"===
==="Enchantment-ize"===
There are spells or effects that turn non-enchantments into enchantments.
Some spells or effects turn non-enchantments into enchantments.
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*<c>Enchantmentize</c>
*<c>Enchantmentize</c>
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==="Artifact-ize"===
==="Artifact-ize"===
There are spells or effects that turn non-artifacts into artifacts.
Some spells or effects turn non-artifacts into artifacts.
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*<c>Applied Aeronautics</c> ([[Contraption]])
*<c>Applied Aeronautics</c> ([[Contraption]])
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==="''Magic''-ize"===
==="''Magic''-ize"===
There are spells or effects that turn non-game objects into ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' game objects.
Some spells or effects turn non-game objects into ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' game objects.
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*<c>Animate Object</c>
*<c>Animate Object</c>

Latest revision as of 16:38, 22 January 2024

An animate effect or spell turns a non-creature into a creature, most of the time for a certain amount of time. The mechanic was first introduced in Alpha with Animate Artifact and Animate Dead.[1]

Examples

Animated Artifacts

Self-animating
Chimeric artifacts
Keyrune megacycle from Return to Ravnica block
Totem cycle from Time Spiral
Monument cycle from Dragons of Tarkir
Animate others

Animating artifacts (target/all non-creature artifact(s) you control becomes an artifact creature) is primary in Blue and secondary in Green.[2]

Animated creature cards in the graveyard

This category is thin due to the inability of the rules engine to handle such effects - simple under-game actions, but messy to preserve the rules of card types. Effects of this type are unlikely to be printed going forward.

Animated Enchantments

Self-animating
Sleeping enchantments
Animate others

Animating enchantments (target/all non-aura enchantment(s) you control becomes an enchantment creature) is primary in White and secondary in Blue.[2]

Animated Instants and Sorceries

Animated Lands

Land is the most popular card type to be animated. Green, as the color connected most closely to lands and creatures, is the color most likely to turn lands into creatures — usually still keeping them lands. The mechanic is secondary in red and tertiary in all other colors.[3][4]

All cards with Awaken

If the land is self-animating, it is called a manland.

Animated Planeswalkers

Gideon Juras

The main design direction of Gideon is his ability to become a creature.

Animated Library

Animated Graveyard

Animated objects

Variants

"Enchantment-ize"

Some spells or effects turn non-enchantments into enchantments.

"Artifact-ize"

Some spells or effects turn non-artifacts into artifacts.

"Magic-ize"

Some spells or effects turn non-game objects into Magic: The Gathering game objects.

References

  1. ↑ Magic Arcana (June 17, 2004). "The animating principle". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021 Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 27, 2017). "Unstable Scraps, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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