I have Sejiri Shelter and I've played its land face. Then, I bounced it with Selesnya Sanctuary. Does it go into my hand as a land or an instant? A friend thinks it should remain a land, and I can't find the actual rule to say it returns to an instant for the sweet, sweet value.
I have Sejiri Shelter and I've played its land face. Then, I bounced it with Selesnya Sanctuary. Does it go into my hand as a land or an instant? A friend thinks it should remain a land, and I can't find the actual rule to say it returns to an instant for the sweet, sweet value.
It's either of these rules:
400.7. An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence. There are nine exceptions to this rule:
711.4. Each face of a double-faced card has its own set of characteristics.
711.4a While a double-faced card is outside the game or in a zone other than the battlefield or stack, it has only the characteristics of its front face.
Not that it matters much, because the following rules apply just as they did before the first time you played it.
711.7. If a transforming double-faced card is cast as a spell, it’s put on the stack with its front face up. A player casting a modal double-faced card as a spell chooses which face they are casting before putting it onto the stack. See rule 601, “Casting Spells.”
711.7a Only the face that will be face up on the stack is evaluated to determine if it can be cast. Only that face is considered to be put onto the stack.
711.8. A player playing a modal double-faced card as a land chooses one of its faces that’s a land before putting it onto the battlefield. It enters the battlefield with that face up. See rule 305, “Lands.”
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It's either of these rules:
Not that it matters much, because the following rules apply just as they did before the first time you played it.