Wow, thanks a lot for these very detailed answers ! This makes sense, and by the way Rezzahan you totally guessed my next question, gigabrain !
So just to make sure, the target of the Awakener druid only needs to be legal when it resolves, and the continuous effect will apply even if the target isn't a Forest anymore ? It would make sense considering what you just explained to me, but I struggle finding a comprehensive rule to certify this.
Hello there ! I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm doing things right.
I recently came across a situation closely related to this topic, and thought I might ask for your help, so here it is :
I have an Awakener Druid on the battlefield which I used to animate a basic Forest that is now a 4/5 treefolk.
Later I cast a Gemrazer for its mutate cost and place it on top of my Forest. I have two issues ...
1 - What happens while my Druid is still on the battlefield ?
2 - What happens if my Druid leaves the battlefield ?
In case 2, I would say that I still have a 4/4 Gemrazer that is a creature (and not a land). I hope I'm not wrong...
(Bonus question : if I'm right and my permanent is not a land : does it still produce mana ? That would be weird, but it's an ability after all...)
In case 1 however, I don't know if the ability of the Druid still holds while it's on the battlefield... Is my creature a 4/4 (we ignore the Druid ability, after all our mutated permanent is no longer a Forest if I'm not mistaking...) or a 4/5 (we still apply the druid's ability and therefore overwrite the base power and toughness of our mutated permanent) ?
So many questions ... I'm not sure if I'm clear enough, but I'm trying anyway ^^'
Can you help me ?
So just to make sure, the target of the Awakener druid only needs to be legal when it resolves, and the continuous effect will apply even if the target isn't a Forest anymore ? It would make sense considering what you just explained to me, but I struggle finding a comprehensive rule to certify this.
I recently came across a situation closely related to this topic, and thought I might ask for your help, so here it is :
I have an Awakener Druid on the battlefield which I used to animate a basic Forest that is now a 4/5 treefolk.
Later I cast a Gemrazer for its mutate cost and place it on top of my Forest. I have two issues ...
1 - What happens while my Druid is still on the battlefield ?
2 - What happens if my Druid leaves the battlefield ?
In case 2, I would say that I still have a 4/4 Gemrazer that is a creature (and not a land). I hope I'm not wrong...
(Bonus question : if I'm right and my permanent is not a land : does it still produce mana ? That would be weird, but it's an ability after all...)
In case 1 however, I don't know if the ability of the Druid still holds while it's on the battlefield... Is my creature a 4/4 (we ignore the Druid ability, after all our mutated permanent is no longer a Forest if I'm not mistaking...) or a 4/5 (we still apply the druid's ability and therefore overwrite the base power and toughness of our mutated permanent) ?
So many questions ... I'm not sure if I'm clear enough, but I'm trying anyway ^^'
Can you help me ?
(and merry Christmas to all!)