New player here.
Just a quick question in regards to using Annul (Counter Enchantment) on an already bestowed Aura.
Example, I'm attacking with a creature that has been bestowed a +2/+2 (e.g. Leafcrown Dryad)(total now 4/4) aura in a previous turn. The creature is attacking the opponent to win the game (opponent 3HP left). Can Annul (instant) be used to counter the Aura for the attacking turn thus leaving my opponent on 1hp?
Thanks for any help.
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Bestow card - eg: Leafcrown Dryad
No Annul can't be used to "counter the aura for the attacking turn".
Annul (and all counter spells) can only be used to counter the spell when it is cast. So would have had to be used in response to your opponent casting the spell on that previous turn.
Any time after the spell has been cast, it is no longer a spell. In the case of the bestowed aura, it is now a permanent, an enchantment, on the battlefield.
New player here.
Just a quick question in regards to using Annul (Counter Enchantment) on an already bestowed Aura.
Example, I'm attacking with a creature that has been bestowed a +2/+2 (e.g. Leafcrown Dryad)(total now 4/4) aura in a previous turn. The creature is attacking the opponent to win the game (opponent 3HP left). Can Annul (instant) be used to counter the Aura for the attacking turn thus leaving my opponent on 1hp?
Thanks for any help.
Tim.
A card is a spell only while it is on the stack, the zone that nonland cards go through when cast, where they can be responded to (notably by things like Annul that counter spells) before resolving and, in the case of permanents such as enchantments, entering the battlefield. Once an enchantment spell has resolved and is an enchantment permanent on the battlefield, Annul can't do anything against it.
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New player here.
Just a quick question in regards to using Annul (Counter Enchantment) on an already bestowed Aura.
Example, I'm attacking with a creature that has been bestowed a +2/+2 (e.g. Leafcrown Dryad)(total now 4/4) aura in a previous turn. The creature is attacking the opponent to win the game (opponent 3HP left). Can Annul (instant) be used to counter the Aura for the attacking turn thus leaving my opponent on 1hp?
Thanks for any help.
Tim.
Annul
Bestow card - eg: Leafcrown Dryad
No Annul can't be used to "counter the aura for the attacking turn".
Annul (and all counter spells) can only be used to counter the spell when it is cast. So would have had to be used in response to your opponent casting the spell on that previous turn.
Any time after the spell has been cast, it is no longer a spell. In the case of the bestowed aura, it is now a permanent, an enchantment, on the battlefield.
Hope that helps.