Animate Dead + Akroma

[Jak]

Okay, I know that you can get Akroma into play and Animate Dead will never attach, go to the GY, and Akroma will remain in play. I was just wondering if this has changed. I heard it had and would like to know if this is true. Thanks.

[Pinder]

Yes it has. You're correct in that the Aura never attaches, but due to the new wording on Animate Dead, the creature it reanimates dies when Animate Dead goes away even if it wasn't attached to it.

[TeKo]

Afaik Akroma goes to the GY because the new wording is: When Animate Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it. So Animated Dead targets the player and not Akroma.

[quicksilver]

Current wording


Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead comes into play, if it's in play, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put into play with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to play under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it.

It used to say "When Animate Dead leaves play, sacrifice enchanted creature" and now it says "When Animate Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it" (it refereing to the creature it brought back).

So before since animate dead never actually enchanted Akroma it never sacrificed it. Now when animate dead leave play you sacrifice the creature it brought back, regardless of what the animate dead is enchanting.

In addition if the animate dead was moved on to antoher creature and then disenchanted, the origional creature would still die, not the enchanted one.

[Jak]

Ok thanks! I had no idea it was changed.

[quicksilver]

Ok thanks! I had no idea it was changed.

Ya stealth erratas ftl. At least this one didn't completly destroy the metagame just in time for a grand prix.

[Sek'Kuar]

Ya stealth erratas ftl. At least this one didn't completly destroy the metagame just in time for a grand prix.

*Paused for a moment of silence in memory of a desecrated GP...*

[Bovinious]

*Paused for a moment of silence in memory of a desecrated GP...*

Yeah srsly, fuck Aaron Forsythe, he outta lose his job, ot at least be set straight IMO, I mean first he ruins Columbus, then he lies to us all saying Land Tax is "vicious"...God I hate WOTC.

[eternaldarkness]

Fuck Yeah Seaking!

[Anusien]

Ya stealth erratas ftl. At least this one didn't completly destroy the metagame just in time for a grand prix.
It wasn't a stealth errata; it was announced in a big column on the official site.