Tawnos's Coffin
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SetME1
Collector #169
Released2007-09-10
Rarityrare
ArtistChristopher Rush
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Tawnos's Coffin

RareReserved listMV 4
Artifact
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.
, : Exile target creature and all Auras attached to it. Note the number and kind of counters that were on that creature. When this artifact leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, return that exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped with the noted number and kind of counters on it. If you do, return the other exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control attached to that permanent.
Card capabilities
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Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 1994-03-04Newest 2014-10-17Cheapest priced $118.00 in ATQ
Rulings (6)
wotc1 Apr 2008
The effect doesn’t care what types the card has after it is exiled, only that it have been a creature while on the battlefield.
wotc1 Apr 2008
Because the new wording doesn’t use phasing, the exiled card will suffer from summoning sickness upon its return to the battlefield.
wotc16 Sept 2007
If the targeted creature is a token, it will cease to exist after being exiled. Any Auras that were attached to it will remain exiled forever.
wotc16 Sept 2007
If Tawnos’s Coffin leaves the battlefield before its ability has resolved, it will exile the targeted creature forever, since its delayed triggered ability will never trigger.
wotc16 Sept 2007
If the exiled card is returned to the battlefield and, for some reason, it now can’t be enchanted by an Aura that was also exiled by Tawnos’s Coffin, that Aura will remain exiled.
wotc4 Oct 2004
The creature returns to the battlefield tapped. It does not return to the battlefield and then tap afterwards.