Hello, I had a question regarding Phyrexian Dragon Engine ability. As the ability reads "When Phyrexian Dragon Engine enters the battlefield from your graveyard, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw three cards.". Would this allow me to cast it from the graveyard using Emry, Lurker of the Loch and still gain the ETB trigger of Phyrexian Dragon Engine? Emry, Lurker of the Loch's third ability reads, "Tap: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)"
Casting Phyrexian Dragon Engine from your graveyard with Emry will not trigger the Engine's ability, no, because it's cast as a spell. It's not entering the battlefield from your graveyard, it's entering it from the stack, which is a different game zone, the one that spells go through before resolving.
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