If I blink a Cemetery Illuminator what happens with the previously exiled cards?
Asked by Aspitxon 2 years ago
Let's say I played a Cemetery Illuminator exiling an instant card from a graveyard, then I play Ephemerate targeting it. It resolves and I exile a sorcery card. Am I still able to play instant cards from the top of my library?
After being blinked, it is for all intents a new creature. This is the same reason you can use Ephemerate to stop a targeted removal spell - the returning creature is considered a different one than they targeted.
legendofa says... Accepted answer #1
Unfortunately, no. The Cemetery Illuminator re-enters the battlefield with no "memory" of what it had exiled before, and you would need to exile a new instant to library-cast instants. The instant you had exiled earlier will simply remain in exile.
January 31, 2022 1 p.m.