Animate Library

Animate Copy Logic

New 29 Mar 2024 Asked by mgmegadog 18 Comments

You've said before that copying the creature Animate Library is attached to gives you a non-creature empty library. Presumably, the same is true if you target the creature Animate Graveyard is attached to (giving you a non-creature empty graveyard). So, does that mean if I use It Came From Planet Glurg to copy an animated library and an animated graveyard, I can get a non-creature empty library-graveyard?


No.

Library as Creatures

New 26 Feb 2024 Asked by aalgot 28 Comments

Can my library be multiple creatures on the battlefield simultaneously?


If you use Split Screen and multiple Animate Library auras.

Enchant Library Mechanics

New 20 Dec 2023 Asked by drecon84 18 Comments

A previous question made me think: If I have Yet Another Aether Vortex out and Animate Library out, if there's an aura with enchant creature on top, does it count as enchanting my library creature or is it destroyed as a state-based action?


It’s destroyed. Having an enchantment on top is not the same thing as being enchanted.

Library Bounce Conundrum

New 17 Dec 2023 Asked by aalgot 32 Comments

If I bounce my library (enchanted withm animate library) to the top ofg my library while yet another aether vortex is out (so it does not technically leave the battlefield) does my library have infinite cards in it now?


You can’t bounce your library to the top of your library. It’s already there essentially.

Animate Library Mechanics

New 30 Jul 2022 Asked by tomyang17-blog 27 Comments

I have several questions about Animate Library that I would like to have the answers to.What happens when my library is phased out and I try to draw a card? Do I just lose the game because I don't have a library or nothing happen instead? Also what if my opponent gains control of my library? Can they draw cards from my library? Can I still draw a card from my library or do I simply not have a library anymore?


You are able to draw from your library wherever it is. It being phased out doesn’t stop that. Also, only the owner of a library draws from it, not its controller.

Consequences of Phased Out Library

New 25 May 2022 Asked by johndtickle 42 Comments

Hey Mark, I was drafting my Un-Cube last night and my friend asked a question that I had no clue how to answer. What would happen if a library enchanted with Animate Library is given phasing? Would the person who controls the library lose since they go to draw from a library that doesn't exist while it's phased out?


You can draw from a phased out library. Drawing doesn’t define where your library has to be.

Phase and Libraries

New 08 May 2022 Asked by yaksha89 41 Comments

Dear Maro, a phased out library doesn't leave the battlefield so you won't sacrifice the animate library. The question boils down to, can I draw from a library that "doesn't exist"?


Yes.

Query about Animate Library Card

New 08 May 2022 Asked by aoliitis 24 Comments

RE: "What happens if my library is enchanted with Animate Library and is phased out during my upkeep? The last line of text states that if the enchanted creature would leave the battlefield, you exile the aura instead." - Permanents that phase out don't leave the battlefield


Right, we changed how phasing works. That doesn’t prevent you from drawing off it as a library though. Being phased out doesn’t stop that.

Birthday Query on Animate Library

New 07 May 2022 Asked by starshiph 26 Comments

In lieu of birthday trivia, what happens if my library is enchanted with Animate Library and is phased out during my upkeep?


The last line of text states that if the enchanted creature would leave the battlefield, you exile the aura instead.Happy Birthday!

Reason for Acorn Card Existence

New 07 May 2022 Asked by vortexhydra 25 Comments

All these animate library questions really showcase why silver bordered/acorn exists, don't they?


Not really. There are a huge number of eternal legal Magic cards that lead to odd interactions, so that’s not really unique to acorn cards.I just don’t tend to answer those kinds of questions on the blog as I’m not the black border Rules Manager.

Animated Library's Attack and Tap Ability

New 07 May 2022 Asked by ambivalientaquaticalpha-blog 30 Comments

Re: Animate library, does the library effectively have haste/not have summoning sickness once animated, since it has been around since turn 0? (can attack and tap the same turn it is enchanted)


But it hasn’t been on the battlefield.

Animate Library Rules

New 06 May 2022 Asked by guyfrost 50 Comments

Re: animate Library without "it's still a library".As far as I understand this is a bit like "colorless is not a color".If you don't have a library, you also don't have an empty library. So you can't lose the game for drawing from an empty library. You can't draw cards at all.Do I understand right?


Not exactly. The inability to draw a card kills you. The game doesn’t care if there’s nowhere to draw it from.

Animated Library Cloning

New 06 May 2022 Asked by cheesedurian-deactivated2023010 28 Comments

Re: Animate Library, can you clone it?


You can, but it doesn’t accomplish anything useful. It’s an unanimated empty library.

Animate Library Functionality

New 06 May 2022 Asked by mrpopogod 49 Comments

What would happen if Animate Library didn't have the "it's still a library" text?


It wouldn’t function as a library which among other things means you’d lose on your next draw phase.

Animated Library Phasing

New 18 Jul 2021 Asked by bokkiedoke 39 Comments

Silver Border Question - What happens if I had Animate Library attached to my library and it Phases Out? If I was made to draw a card while it was phased would I lose the game?


When the enchanted library would leave the battlefield, you will exile the Enchant Library instead.EDIT: It has been pointed out to me that phasing doesn’t make the card leave the battlefield. A fine point. You can still draw a card from a phased out library.

Outcome of Split Screen

New 14 Jul 2021 Asked by myfavoriteflavorisblue 18 Comments

Un-ruling please! What happens when you split screen an animated library?


Animate Library is an aura, so you would divide your library into four libraries and then animate one of them. Not a great combo.

Question Regarding Mutate and Illuna

New 09 Aug 2020 Asked by littleorlock 25 Comments

Un-Rules Question: What happens if I mutate Illuna, Apex of Wishes on top of an Animated Library?


You do the “enter the battlefield” effect which shrinks the library by some. Then you have a 6/6 animated library with Illuna’s abilities. Remember the Animate Library is an aura that is still enchanting the creature.

Animate Library Mechanism

New 11 Apr 2020 Asked by wilsonosgoodmcman 65 Comments

If I use Animate Library on my library, then I mutate it with the mutation on top (based on what I can see, Animate Library will set the power and toughness, though), what happens when Animate Library leaves the battlefield? Does the mutation fall off? Does the library remain a creature? If it’s still a creature, what happens when it would leave the battlefield?


Here’s what happens. You animate your library with Animate Library. Its power and toughness are equal to the number of cards in your library. You then mutate it putting the mutate creature on top. It retains the power and toughness from the animated library. When it would leave the battlefield, exile Animate Library instead and your library goes back to being a library and the mutate card becomes the top card of your library. You’ll draw it the next time you draw a card.

Surgeon Commander Query

New 02 Feb 2020 Asked by chetskolos 41 Comments

With Surgeon Commander and Animate Library (or other turn into creature auras), draw a card or not?


Sadly, it’s not a creature as you’re enchanting it.EDIT:Eli texted me. This is secretly a black-border question and it does work!

Unstable Gameplay Query

New 29 Nov 2019 Asked by starbloodprincess 70 Comments

If I'm playing Unstable against an opponent who has Animate Library out, and I use Spike, Tournament Grinder to bring out Oko, Thief of Crowns and turn their library into an Elk, does that take away the ability to draw from their deck? If so, does that mean they deck out?


You can’t take away the library’s libraryness.


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