Bestow

Bestow is a keyword introduced in Theros, where it was connected to the god theme of the set. A creature with bestow gives you the option to cast it as an Aura that enchants a creature, granting that creature its power, toughness, and abilities.

When a card with bestow is in your hand, you have two options: cast it normally for its mana cost, or cast it for its bestow cost. If you cast a bestow card normally, it's an enchantment creature spell that resolves and becomes an enchantment creature on the battlefield. Its bestow ability and its "Enchanted creature gets..." text are ignored.

Rulings

• If you cast a bestow card for its bestow cost, it's never a creature spell. Instead, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature, so you have to target a creature to cast it.
• If a tergeted creature has a heroic ability, this will trigger it, just as any other Aura spell would.
• If the target creature leaves the battlefield after you cast a card with bestow as an Aura but before the spell resolves], the Aura spell will resolve as an enchantment creature rather than being countered like a normal Aura spell.
• If the target creature is still on the battlefield when the Aura spell resolves, it resolves as an Aura enchanting that creature.
• While it's enchanting a creature, an Aura with bestow grants the creature the bonuses listed in its text box.
• If the creature it's enchanting leaves the battlefield for any reason, the Aura immediately becomes an enchantment creature again rather than being put in the graveyard like other Auras.