Ghastly Conscription

set	min	mtgo
-	17.20	0.02 tix

Name	Ghastly Conscription
Type	Sorcery
Description	Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then manifest those cards. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it'See more
Artist	YW Tang
Set	Commander 2019 #115
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About Ghastly Conscription

Ghastly Conscription, Sorcery, designed by YW Tang first released in Jan, 2015 in the set Fate Reforged and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 17.20.

A deck focused on graveyard recursion or reanimation strategies, such as a black-based control or midrange deck, would benefit from Ghastly Conscription as it can disrupt opposing graveyard strategies while potentially providing additional creatures to the board. However, there are better options available, such as Living Death or Rise of the Dark Realms, which offer more immediate impact and value. Ghastly Conscription may see play in more niche or budget decks, but in competitive environments, it may not be the optimal choice.

Rules

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A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent, as well as Auras and Equipment that were attached to the permanent, aren’t affected.

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At any time, you can look at a face-down permanent you control. You can’t look at face-down permanents you don’t control unless an effect allows you to or instructs you to.

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Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it’s turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn’t cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.

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If a manifested creature would have morph if it were face up, you may also turn it face up by paying its morph cost.

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Some older Magic sets feature double-faced cards, which have a Magic card face on each side rather than a Magic card face on one side and a Magic card back on the other. The rules for double-faced cards are changing slightly to account for the possibility that they are manifested. If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down. While face down, it can’t transform. If the front face of the card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up. A double-faced permanent on the battlefield still can’t be turned face down.

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The face-down permanent is a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It’s colorless and has a converted mana cost of 0. Other effects that apply to the permanent can still grant or change any of these characteristics.

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The pile is shuffled to disguise from your opponents which manifested creature is which. After you manifest the cards, you can look at them.

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You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can easily be differentiated from each other. You’re not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield in order to confuse other players. The order they entered the battlefield should remain clear. Common methods for indicating this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield. You must also track how each became face down (manifested, cast face down using the morph ability, and so on).