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Grafdigger's Cage + Manifest

July 12, 2017 06:49:59 PM

Chaim Weinberg
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Academy)), Scorekeeper

USA - Pacific West

Grafdigger's Cage + Manifest

This is based on a discussion that has been recurring on #mtgrules and #mtgjudge, and intended to be an end to this debate.

If Grafdigger's Cage is on the battlefield, and I manifest the top card of my Library (with Soul Summons, or similar).
While we know it doesn't enter the battlefield, what is the status of the card in the library, and how does it react to the following:
  • what does the manifested creature look like face down
  • Vizier of the Menagerie (whether or not the card would otherwise be a creature)
  • After being shuffled - for effects that search your library for a creature

Edited Chaim Weinberg (July 12, 2017 07:00:25 PM)

Aug. 23, 2017 11:42:19 AM

Callum Milne
Forum Moderator
Judge (Uncertified)

Canada - Western Provinces

Grafdigger's Cage + Manifest

If you attempt to manifest the top card of your library while Grafdigger's Cage is on the battlefield, nothing happens. At all. The top card of your library is completely unaffected in any way by the attempt to manifest it.