Eternalize

Eternalize
Keyword Ability
Type	Activated
Introduced	Hour of Devastation
Last used	Hour of Devastation
Reminder Text	Eternalize [cost] ((Cost), Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie ... with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Statistics	9 cards 33% 34% 11% 11% 11%
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keyword:"Eternalize"

Eternalize is a keyword ability introduced in Hour of Devastation. Eternalize is centered in white and blue, but shows up once in each of the other colors. Storywise, the mechanic is linked to the Eternals, Bolas' army of Zombie Warriors, mummified through the use of lazotep.

Description

The eternalize ability only can be activated if the creature is in your graveyard. When activated, the card is exiled but it creates a token copy of that creature. Moreover, this creature token has four changes: its Power and Toughness becomes 4/4, it has no mana cost, it is a zombie in addition to its other creature types, and it becomes a monocolored black creature.

Eternalize is an evolved Embalm. Many eternalized creatures have abilities that get better because of their increased power.

Rulings

• The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
• The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is black instead of its other colors. It has no mana cost, and thus its converted mana cost is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
• If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.

Eternalize tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Adorned Pouncer	Black	Creature — Zombie Cat	4/4	Double strike	Adorned Pouncer
Champion of Wits	Black	Creature — Zombie Snake Wizard	4/4	When Champion of Wits enters the battlefield, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards.	Champion of Wits
Dreamstealer	Black	Creature — Zombie Human Wizard	4/4	Menace When Dreamstealer deals combat damage to a player, that player discards that many cards.	Dreamstealer
Earthshaker Khenra	Black	Creature — Zombie Jackal Warrior	4/4	Haste When Earthshaker Khenra enters the battlefield, target creature with power less than or equal to Earthshaker Khenra's power can't block this turn.	Earthshaker Khenra
Fanatic of Rhonas	Black	Creature — Zombie Snake Druid	4/4	: Add . Ferocious — : Add . Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.	Fanatic of Rhonas
Proven Combatant	Black	Creature — Zombie Human Warrior	4/4		Proven Combatant
Resilient Khenra	Black	Creature — Zombie Jackal Wizard	4/4	When Resilient Khenra enters the battlefield, you may have target creature get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is Resilient Khenra's power.	Resilient Khenra
Sinuous Striker	Black	Creature — Zombie Snake Warrior	4/4	: Sinuous Striker gets +1/-1 until end of turn.	Sinuous Striker
Steadfast Sentinel	Black	Creature — Zombie Human Cleric	4/4	Vigilance	Steadfast Sentinel
Sunscourge Champion	Black	Creature — Zombie Human Wizard	4/4	When Sunscourge Champion enters the battlefield, you gain life equal to its power.	Sunscourge Champion
Timeless Dragon	Black	Creature — Zombie Dragon	4/4	Flying Plainscycling	Timeless Dragon
Timeless Witness	Black	Creature — Zombie Human Shaman	4/4	When Timeless Witness enters the battlefield, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.	Timeless Witness