Protection from creatures means, among other things, that the permanent or player with that ability can't be the target of abilities from creature sources wherever those sources are (C.R. 702.16b). This is an exception to the general rule that the term "creature" means a creature permanent on the battlefield (C.R. 702.16a; see C.R. 109.2 for the general rule).
EDIT (May 26): Add rule citation.
EDIT (Jun. 14, 2022): Edit second sentence.
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Jul 19, 2018peteroupc posted a message on Would Protection From Creatures prevent Vengeful Pharaoh's triggered ability?Posted in: Magic Rulings
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chaikov posted a message on Morph questionsPosted in: Magic Rulings
The answer to these questions is YES.Quote from Spottswoode111 »So, I pop Tezzeret's ultimate and put Thousand Winds face down along with several other cards.
1. Can I then activate Thousand Winds morph ability?
2. Would this occur for any other effect that allows me to put cards face down?
(sorry you had to wait so long)
702.36a Morph (…) works any time the card is face down. (…)
702.36e Any time you have priority, you may turn a face-down permanent you control with a morph ability face up. (…)
There's a weird exception to rule 702.36a:
702.36e (…) If the permanent wouldn’t have a morph cost if it were face up, it can’t be turned face up this way. (…)
This could happen if some external effect removed the Morph ability from the face-down card, say Snakeform, for example.
Only that it's face down, regardless of how it became that way.Quote from Spottswoode111 »Does morph only care that the card is face down and not how it became that way? -
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void_nothing posted a message on Morph questionsSo the ability morph consists of two parts: "You may cast this face down as a 2/2 colorless nameless typeless creature for 3" and "you may turn this permanent face up for its morph cost." Functionally speaking, they're unrelated; you can turn face up an Abomination of Gudul that was turned face down by Ixidron or that was manifested by paying its morph cost (although if it was indeed manifested, you could instead pay its mana cost).Posted in: Magic Rulings -
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void_nothing posted a message on Morph questionsGatherer's rulings: "The Core Set 2019 set includes no way to turn these cards face up. If an effect from cards outside of this set does turn one face up, the effect causing it to be a 5/5 artifact creature ends."Posted in: Magic Rulings
Morph is one such ability. I'm not sure what you're asking with the last one but turning it face down AGAIN will make it a 2/2 as that's the default, and Tezz's P/T setting has ended. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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