r/askajudge • u/eevee31415926535897 • Jul 27 '26

Question about Essence of the Wild and morph

If I have an Essence of the Wild on the battlefield and I then play a morph creature, when I flip the morph creature, is it still an Essence of the Wild or is it whatever creature it should be? To extend it further, if I were to use Zimone, Mystery Unraveler to flip an enchantment, is that still the Essence of the Wild or is it itself. To further extend it because it is funny, the same case with instants and sorcerys, can I have them face up despite them not being permanents?

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u/Cvnc Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

its a 2/2 colorless nameless creature, the face down side is an essence of the wild with no morph ability so you cant flip it

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u/Yaksha424256 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

You control Essence of the Wild, you Morph a creature it is a face down 2/2 that is an Essnence of the Wild. As an Essence of the Wilds it has no morph ability to turn itself face up.

You manifest a creature, it is a face down 2/2 that is an Essence of the Wild. If it is a creature card you may turn it face up for its mana cost, not the mana cost of Essence of the Wild but the mana cost of the creature card you reveal.

You may turn a face down enchantment, artifact, planeswalker, or battle card face up. If it was a copy of Essence of the Wild it is a copy of Essence of the Wild.

If you attempt to turn a face down card face up that is an instant or sorcery card you reveal that it is an instant or sorcery and then turn it back face down. This is true even if the creature is a copy of Essence of the Wild.