Can you return Genju cards like Genju of the Fens, Genju of the Cedars etc... to your hand after they have been sent to the graveyard after a turn has passed or do you have only one chance to return it once it has been put into a graveyard ?
For exmaple:
I enchant my Swamp with Genju of the Fens and attack my opponent for 2 and my opponent responds by Terminate-ing it, can I pass the turn and return the genju to my hand on the other turn.
You have one chance to return them to your hand: when their triggers resolve. So, when your Swamp dies, Genju triggers. You either return it to your hand in that moment or you don't. If you don't, you won't get another chance later.
The Genju's return ability is a triggered ability (indicated by the word "when"), which uses the stack. When it resolves, you follow its instructions, in this case to chose wether to return the card or not, and if you choose to return it, you do so. The following rules should be enough.
112.3c Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as “[Trigger
condition], [effect],” and include (and usually begin with) the word “when,” “whenever,” or
“at.” Whenever the trigger event occurs, the ability is put on the stack the next time a player
would receive priority and stays there until it’s countered, it resolves, or it otherwise leaves the
stack. See rule 603, “Handling Triggered Abilities.”
608.2c The controller of the spell or ability follows its instructions in the order written. However,
replacement effects may modify these actions. In some cases, later text on the card may modify
the meaning of earlier text (for example, “Destroy target creature. It can’t be regenerated” or
“Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner’s library
instead of into its owner’s graveyard.”) Don’t just apply effects step by step without thinking in
these cases—read the whole text and apply the rules of English to the text.
609.1. An effect is something that happens in the game as a result of a spell or ability. When a spell,
activated ability, or triggered ability resolves, it may create one or more one-shot or continuous
effects. Static abilities may create one or more continuous effects. Text itself is never an effect.
610.1. A one-shot effect does something just once and doesn’t have a duration. Examples include
dealing damage, destroying a permanent, creating a token, and moving an object from one zone to
another.
For exmaple:
I enchant my Swamp with Genju of the Fens and attack my opponent for 2 and my opponent responds by Terminate-ing it, can I pass the turn and return the genju to my hand on the other turn.
Thanks in forward.
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