Do Creatures that Phase Back in Have Summoning Sickness?
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Creatures that phase back in do not have summoning sickness, as phasing does not affect the summoning sickness status of a creature, and a creature that has already been on the battlefield and phased out is considered to have already overcome its summoning sickness when it phases back in. This means that when a creature phases back in, it can attack and use its abilities immediately, without being restricted by summoning sickness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Understanding Phasing and Summoning Sickness
- Does phasing back in cause summoning sickness? No, phasing doesn’t have any effect on summoning sickness, and when a creature phases back in, it is not affected by summoning sickness.
- Do revived creatures have summoning sickness? Summoning sickness affects any creature you control that you haven’t controlled continuously since the beginning of your last turn, regardless of how you gained control of it.
- Can creatures attack after phasing in? A permanent that phases in can attack and tap to play abilities as though it had haste, even if that permanent phased out and phased back in the turn it came into play.
Summoning Sickness Rules and Effects
- What is the summoning sickness rule? Summoning sickness is a term used to describe a creature that has just been played on the battlefield and cannot attack or use a tap ability until the player’s next turn.
- Does every creature have summoning sickness? Although all permanents experience summoning sickness, only creatures and certain other types of permanents that have become creatures are affected by summoning sickness.
- Does untapping remove summoning sickness? No, untapping a creature does not remove summoning sickness; it merely allows the creature to be tapped for its abilities or to attack on the player’s next turn.
Deathtouch and Indestructible
- Does Deathtouch cancel Deathtouch? When two Deathtouch abilities interact, they cancel each other out.
- What wins indestructible vs Deathtouch? Indestructible creatures ignore Deathtouch, as they cannot be destroyed by lethal damage dealt by a creature with Deathtouch.
- Does Deathtouch work with 0 damage? No, a creature with Deathtouch and zero power cannot deal damage and thus cannot destroy an attacking or blocking creature.
Phasing and Permanent Status
- Does phasing untap a creature? Phasing does not untap a creature; the creature remains tapped when it phases out and will phase in tapped before its controller’s next untap step.
- Can phased creatures attack? Yes, a creature can attack immediately after phasing in, if it could otherwise attack.
- Does phasing protect from board wipes? Phasing can protect a player’s permanents from board wipes, as phased-out permanents are not affected by the game state.
Interactions and Special Cases
- Does phasing in count as coming into play? No, phasing in does not count as a permanent entering the battlefield, so abilities that look for this condition will not apply.
- Does blinking cause summoning sickness? If a creature is blinked (exiled and then returned to the battlefield), it will have summoning sickness until the player’s next turn.
- Does mutate get around summoning sickness? The mutate rules state that the mutated creature is not affected by summoning sickness, so long as the base part wasn’t, allowing for more flexible gameplay with mutated creatures.