In our example, Renegade Freighter will be crewed whilst Hofri is on the board. The Freighter dies, enters the graveyard as an artifact creature.
I should be able to use Hofri's second ability to exile Freighter and make a token, correct?
If so, the vehicle now has the 'spirit' creature type, does this mean that I no longer have to crew the vehicle to turn it into a creature? Or does the 'spirit' keyword only come into play once Freighter is crewed?
I have a silly commander deck hinging on this.
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First, the card that enters the graveyard is just an artifact-vehicle card, not a creature card, but Holfri doesn't care about that. What matters is, that the vehicle was a nontoken creature on the battlefield. Holfri will still let you exile the vehicle from the graveyard, and make a token. The Vehicle token will have the spirit creature type while crewed, but it is not a creature until crewed. Because card subtypes only apply to objects that have the appropriate card type (creature or tribal in this case), granting subtypes doesn't make the object have the nessessary card type.
When the vehicle token leaves the battlefield, you get the original vehicle back into your graveyard. The token doesn't have to be a creature at that time.
Renegade Freighter
In our example, Renegade Freighter will be crewed whilst Hofri is on the board. The Freighter dies, enters the graveyard as an artifact creature.
I should be able to use Hofri's second ability to exile Freighter and make a token, correct?
If so, the vehicle now has the 'spirit' creature type, does this mean that I no longer have to crew the vehicle to turn it into a creature? Or does the 'spirit' keyword only come into play once Freighter is crewed?
I have a silly commander deck hinging on this.
EDH Decks:
RFeldon of the Third Path R
When the vehicle token leaves the battlefield, you get the original vehicle back into your graveyard. The token doesn't have to be a creature at that time.
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