Bestow
| Bestow | |
|---|---|
| Keyword Ability | |
| Type |
Static (1st ability) Static (2nd ability) |
| Introduced | Theros |
| Last used | Journey into Nyx |
| Reminder Text | Bestow [cost] (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.) |
| Statistics |
34 cards  23.5%  17.6%  23.5%  14.7%  17.6%  2.9% |
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| keyword:"Bestow" | |
Bestow is a keyword ability introduced in Theros, where it was connected to the god theme of the set.
Description
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.[1] Bestow also featured in the rest of the Theros block.[2]
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.
Rules
Rulings
- On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both.
- Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
- Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its Tap abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.
- If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
- Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
Examples
Example
Thassa's Emissary 
Enchantment Creature — Crab
3/3
Bestow 
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.)
Whenever Thassa's Emissary or enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
References
- ↑ Magicthegathering.com Staff (September 02, 2013). "The Mechanics of Theros". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (January 24, 2014). "Widening the Field". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.