I understand that if a Moldgraf Monstrosity with undying through, maybe Undying Evil, will come back into play instead of being exiled by it's own ability when it dies (assuming you stack the abilities appropriately).
My question is, why? Moldgraf Monstrosity doesn't state "exile it from the graveyard" but rather "exile it". I'm looking for the reasoning here and I must be missing it.
9/22/2011 If Moldgraf Monstrosity's ability can't exile it (perhaps because it's not still in the graveyard when the ability resolves), the two creature cards are still returned to the battlefield.
that leads me to believe that an undying monstrosity would come back and stay.
9/22/2011 If Moldgraf Monstrosity's ability can't exile it (perhaps because it's not still in the graveyard when the ability resolves), the two creature cards are still returned to the battlefield.
that leads me to believe that an undying monstrosity would come back and stay.
That doesn't answer my question at all. I know this, I've read this. I basically stated this before asking my question. Please go re-read my question.
It's because its ability triggers when it hits the graveyard. The game treats the Monstrosity on the battlefield as a new object. The ability tries to exile an object that no longer exists, and is completely independent from the Monstrosity on the battlefield.
A similar situation would be if you exile cards with a Karn and then bounce it back to your hand. If you played the Karn card again, and ended up activating its ultimate ability, the cards that were exiled by the first Karn object won't be brought back by the second's ability.
It's because when its ability triggers when it hits the graveyard. If it isn't there when the ability tries to resolve, in this case because of undying, the game treats it as a new object. The ability tries to exile an object that no longer exists and is completely independent from the Monstrosity on the battlefield.
Ah, of course. It becomes a new object with each transition from one zone to another. It's own effect is exiling "this object" when it triggers and it becomes a new object before it resolves. Thank you very much.
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My question is, why? Moldgraf Monstrosity doesn't state "exile it from the graveyard" but rather "exile it". I'm looking for the reasoning here and I must be missing it.
that leads me to believe that an undying monstrosity would come back and stay.
That doesn't answer my question at all. I know this, I've read this. I basically stated this before asking my question. Please go re-read my question.
A similar situation would be if you exile cards with a Karn and then bounce it back to your hand. If you played the Karn card again, and ended up activating its ultimate ability, the cards that were exiled by the first Karn object won't be brought back by the second's ability.
Ah, of course. It becomes a new object with each transition from one zone to another. It's own effect is exiling "this object" when it triggers and it becomes a new object before it resolves. Thank you very much.