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Exhume and Phantasmal Image

Jan. 24, 2014 08:41:02 PM

Jeff Jeakins
Judge (Uncertified)

Canada - Eastern Provinces

Exhume and Phantasmal Image

Adam casts Exhume.

I understand Adam chooses first following APNAP and then Naomi chooses her creature and both creatures enter the battlefield simultaneously.

Is Naomi able to choose Phantasmal Image and have it enter as a copy of Adam's chosen creature?

Thanks

Edited Jeff Jeakins (Jan. 24, 2014 08:50:47 PM)

Jan. 24, 2014 08:50:21 PM

Daniel Kitachewsky
Judge (Uncertified)

France

Exhume and Phantasmal Image

No.

Phantasmal Image's copying effect is a replacement effect; it changes how it enters the battlefield. Determining what this replacement effect does has to be done before the zone change. At that point, Adam's chosen creature is still in the graveyard, so isn't a legal choice.

This and much more about entering the battlefield is covered in this article: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/articles/2013/12/31/enter-the-arena/

Daniel Kitachewsky
L3, Paris, France
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