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*<c>Angel's Tomb</c> | *<c>Angel's Tomb</c> | ||
*<c>Chimeric Staff</c> | *''Chimeric'' artifacts | ||
**<c>Chimeric Coils</c> | |||
**<c>Chimeric Egg</c> | |||
**<c>Chimeric Idol</c> | |||
**<c>Chimeric Mass</c> | |||
**<c>Chimeric Sphere</c> | |||
**<c>Chimeric Staff</c> | |||
*<c>Dancing Sword</c> | *<c>Dancing Sword</c> | ||
*<c>Darksteel Brute</c> | *<c>Darksteel Brute</c> | ||
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*<c>Jade Statue</c> | *<c>Jade Statue</c> | ||
*Keyrune megacycle from [[Return to Ravnica block]] | *Keyrune megacycle from [[Return to Ravnica block]] | ||
**<c>Azorius Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Boros Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Dimir Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Izzet Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Golgari Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Gruul Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Orzhov Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Rakdos Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Selesnya Keyrune</c> | |||
**<c>Simic Keyrune</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> | ||
*Monument cycle from [[Dragons of Tarkir]] | *Monument cycle from [[Dragons of Tarkir]] | ||
**<c>Atarka Monument</c> | |||
**<c>Dromoka Monument</c> | |||
**<c>Kolaghan Monument</c> | |||
**<c>Ojutai Monument</c> | |||
**<c>Silumgar Monument</c> | |||
*<c>Sanguine Statuette</c> | *<c>Sanguine Statuette</c> | ||
*<c>Slumbering Tora</c> | *<c>Slumbering Tora</c> | ||
*<c>Stuffed Bear</c> | *<c>Stuffed Bear</c> | ||
*Totem cycle from [[Time Spiral]] | *Totem cycle from [[Time Spiral]] | ||
**<c>Chronatog Totem</c> | |||
**<c>Foriysian Totem</c> | |||
**<c>Phyrexian Totem</c> | |||
**<c>Thunder Totem</c> | |||
**<c>Weatherseed Totem</c> | |||
*[[Vehicle]]s | *[[Vehicle]]s | ||
*<c>Xanthic Statue</c> | *<c>Xanthic Statue</c> | ||
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*<c>Daxos's Torment</c> | *<c>Daxos's Torment</c> | ||
*<c>Halcyon Glaze</c> | *<c>Halcyon Glaze</c> | ||
*<c>Myth Realized</c> | *<c>Myth Realized</c> | ||
*<c>Riddleform</c> | |||
*<c>Still Life</c> | *<c>Still Life</c> | ||
*<c>Testament of Faith</c> | *<c>Testament of Faith</c> | ||
*[[Sleeping enchantment]]s like the ''Hidden'', ''Lurking'', ''Opal'' and ''Veiled'' creatures of ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' (<c>Hidden Gibbons</c>, <c>Lurking Jackals</c>, <c>Opal Acrolith</c>, <c>Veiled Crocodile</c> etc.) | *[[Sleeping enchantment]]s like the ''Hidden'', ''Lurking'', ''Opal'' and ''Veiled'' creatures of ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' (<c>Hidden Gibbons</c>, <c>Lurking Jackals</c>, <c>Opal Acrolith</c>, <c>Veiled Crocodile</c>, etc.) | ||
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===Animated Instants and Sorceries=== | ===Animated Instants and Sorceries=== | ||
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* <c>Animate Spell</c> | *<c>Animate Spell</c> | ||
*<c>Cloudform</c> | |||
*<c>Formless Nurturing</c> | |||
*<c>Lightform</c> | |||
*<c>Rageform</c> | |||
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*<c>A-Druid Class</c> | *<c>A-Druid Class</c> | ||
*<c>Elemental Uprising</c> | *<c>Elemental Uprising</c> | ||
*<c>Elvish Branchbender</c> ([[Forest]]) | |||
*<c>Emergent Sequence</c> | *<c>Emergent Sequence</c> | ||
*<c>Genju of the Cedars</c> | *<c>Genju of the Cedars</c> | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 6 May 2022
An animate effect or spell is one that turns a non-creature into a creature, most of the times 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
- Angel's Tomb
- Chimeric artifacts
- Dancing Sword
- Darksteel Brute
- Ebony Fly
- Ensouled Scimitar
- Fountain of Ichor
- Glint Hawk Idol
- Gruul War Plow
- Guardian Idol
- Haunted Plate Mail
- Jade Idol
- Jade Statue
- Keyrune megacycle from Return to Ravnica block
- Mimic
- Mirage Mirror
- Mirror of the Forebears
- Monument cycle from Dragons of Tarkir
- Sanguine Statuette
- Slumbering Tora
- Stuffed Bear
- Totem cycle from Time Spiral
- Vehicles
- Xanthic Statue
- 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]
- Animate Artifact
- Animating Faerie
- Cyberdrive Awakener
- Ensoul Artifact
- Karn's Touch
- Karn, Silver Golem
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Katsumasa, the Animator
- Lifecraft Awakening
- March of the Machines
- Rise and Shine
- Skilled Animator
- Sydri, Galvanic Genius
- Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
- Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
- Tezzeret, Cruel Machinist
- Tezzeret the Schemer
- Tezzeret the Seeker
- The Antiquities War
- The Blackstaff of Waterdeep
- Titania's Song
- Toymaker
- Vedalken Humiliator
- Workshop Elders
- Xenic Poltergeist
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.
Animated Enchantments
- Self-animating
- Answered Prayers
- Daxos's Torment
- Halcyon Glaze
- Myth Realized
- Riddleform
- Still Life
- Testament of Faith
- Sleeping enchantments like the Hidden, Lurking, Opal and Veiled creatures of Urza's Saga (Hidden Gibbons, Lurking Jackals, Opal Acrolith, Veiled Crocodile, etc.)
- 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]
- Animate Land
- Avalanche Caller
- Awakener Druid
- All cards with Awaken
- Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi
- Balduvian Frostwaker
- Balduvian Conjurer
- Clan Guildmage
- Corrupted Zendikon
- Crackling Emergence
- Crusher Zendikon
- Cyclone Sire
- Destiny Spinner
- Druid Class
- A-Druid Class
- Elemental Uprising
- Elvish Branchbender (Forest)
- Emergent Sequence
- Genju of the Cedars
- Genju of the Falls
- Genju of the Fens
- Genju of the Fields
- Genju of the Realm
- Genju of the Spires
- Guardian Zendikon
- Harmonious Emergence
- Hunting Wilds
- Hydroform
- Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
- Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
- Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
- Kamahl's Will
- Koth of the Hammer
- Liege of the Tangle
- Lifespark Spellbomb
- Mishra's Groundbreaker
- Nissa, Vital Force
- Nissa, Who Shakes the World
- Nissa, Worldwaker
- Nissa's Zendikon
- Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
- Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
- Quirion Druid
- Roaring Earth
- Rude Awakening
- Siege of Towers
- Silvanus's Invoker
- Soilshaper
- Skarrg Guildmage
- Spike Tiller
- Vastwood Animist
- Vastwood Zendikon
- Verdant Touch
- Vivify
- Waker of the Wilds
- Wakeroot Elemental
- Wall of Resurgence
- Wind Zendikon
- Woodwraith Corrupter
If the land is self-animating, it is called a manland.
Animated Planeswalkers
- Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
- Gideon Jura, and all Gideon-typed planeswalker cards.
- Grand Master of Flowers
- Luxior, Giada's Gift
- Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker ; Sarkhan The Masterless can animate all planeswalkers of his controller.
- Oko, the Trickster
Animated Library
Variants
- Wakestone Gargoyle and Warmonger's Chariot allows creatures with defender to attack; thus Animate Wall and Rolling Stones only allows Wall to attack.
- Licids and Bronzehide Lion turn themselves into enchantments; Enchantmentize, One With the Stars and Soul Sculptor turn other creatures into enchantments.
- Suit Up turns creatures or Vehicles into artifact creatures.
"Artifact-ize"
There are spells or effects that turn non-artifacts into artifacts.
References
- ↑ Magic Arcana (June 17, 2004). "The animating principle". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021 Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 27, 2017). "Unstable Scraps, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.