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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
===Animated Artifacts=== | ===Animated Artifacts=== | ||
Self-animating | |||
* <c>Chimeric Staff</c>, and other ''Chimeric'' artifacts | *<c>Chimeric Staff</c>, and other ''Chimeric'' artifacts | ||
*<c>Darksteel Brute</c> | *<c>Darksteel Brute</c> | ||
*<c>Jade Idol</c> and all other ''Idols'' | *<c>Jade Idol</c> and all other ''Idols'' | ||
*<c>Slumbering Tora</c> | *<c>Slumbering Tora</c> | ||
* <c>Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas</c> | *<c>Stalking Stones</c> | ||
Animate others | |||
*<c>Karn's Touch</c> | |||
*<c>Karn, Silver Golem</c> | |||
*<c>March of the Machines</c> | |||
*<c>Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas</c> | |||
*<c>Titania's Song</c> | |||
*<c>Toymaker</c> | |||
*<c>Xenic Poltergeist</c> | |||
===Animated creature cards in the graveyard=== | ===Animated creature cards in the graveyard=== | ||
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===Animated Enchantments=== | ===Animated Enchantments=== | ||
*<c>Halcyon Glaze</c> | Self-animating | ||
*<c>Halcyon Glaze</c> | |||
*<c>Lurking Jackals</c> | |||
*<c>Still Life</c> | *<c>Still Life</c> | ||
*<c>Testament of Faith</c> | *<c>Testament of Faith</c> | ||
* | *[[Sleeper enchantments]] like the ''Hidden'', ''Opal'' and ''Veiled'' creatures of ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' (<c>Hidden Gibbons</c>, <c>Opal Acrolith</c>, <c>Veiled Crocodile</c> etc.) | ||
Animate others | |||
*<c>Opalescence</c> | |||
===Animated Lands=== | ===Animated Lands=== | ||
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==Variants== | ==Variants== | ||
*<c>Animate Wall</c> allows creatures with [[defender]] to attack. | *<c>Animate Wall</c> allows creatures with [[defender]] to attack. | ||
* [[Licids]] turn creatures into enchantments. | * [[Licids]] and <c>Soul Sculptor</c> turn creatures into enchantments. | ||
*<c>Ashnod's Transmogrant</c> | |||
==="Artifact"-ize=== | |||
There are spells or effects that turn non-artifacts into artifacts. | |||
*<c>Argent Mutation</c> | |||
*<c>Ashnod's Transmogrant</c> | |||
*<c>Liquimetal Coating</c> | |||
*<c>Memnarch</c> | |||
*<c>Mycosynth Lattice</c> | |||
*<c>Myr Landshaper</c> | |||
*<c>Neurok Transmuter</c> | |||
*<c>Phyrexian Metamorph</c> | |||
*<c>Silverskin Armor</c> | |||
*<c>Thran Forge</c> | |||
*<c>Transmogrifying Licid</c> | |||
*<c>Xathrid Gorgon</c> | |||
[[Category:Magic slang]][[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]] | [[Category:Magic slang]][[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]] | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 10 February 2013
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, Animate Dead and Mishra's Factory.
Examples
Animated Artifacts
Self-animating
- Chimeric Staff, and other Chimeric artifacts
- Darksteel Brute
- Jade Idol and all other Idols
- Slumbering Tora
- Stalking Stones
Animate others
- Karn's Touch
- Karn, Silver Golem
- March of the Machines
- Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
- Titania's Song
- Toymaker
- Xenic Poltergeist
Animated creature cards in the graveyard
Animated Enchantments
Self-animating
- Halcyon Glaze
- Lurking Jackals
- Still Life
- Testament of Faith
- Sleeper enchantments like the Hidden, Opal and Veiled creatures of Urza's Saga (Hidden Gibbons, Opal Acrolith, Veiled Crocodile etc.)
Animate others
Animated Lands
Land is the most popular card type to be animated
- Animate Land
- Awakener Druid
- Genju of the Cedars
- Genju of the Falls
- Genju of the Fens
- Genju of the Fields
- Genju of the Realms
- Genju of the Spires
- Hunting Wilds
- Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
- Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
- Lifespark Spellbomb
- Quirion Druid
- Rude Awakening
- Soilshaper
- Vivify
If a land is self-animating its is called a manland.
Animated Planeswalkers
Variants
- Animate Wall allows creatures with defender to attack.
- Licids and Soul Sculptor turn creatures into enchantments.
"Artifact"-ize
There are spells or effects that turn non-artifacts into artifacts.