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Crystalline Nautilus

Crystalline Nautilus

{2}{U}
Enchantment Creature — Nautilus

Bestow {3}{U}{U} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)

When this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

Enchanted creature gets +4/+4 and has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

4/4

Illustrated by Brad Rigney

Formats
Not Legalstandard
Not Legalhistoric
Not Legaltimeless
Legalpioneer
Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Not Legalbrawl
Not Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#34
RarityUncommon
ReleasedMay 2, 2014
EDHREC rank#27,192

Prices

USD$0.16
USD foil$0.40
EUR€0.17
EUR foil€0.39
MTGO0.03 tix
Rulings (9)
  • Similarly, if you cast an Aura spell with bestow targeting a creature controlled by another player, and that creature is an illegal target when the spell tries to resolve, it will finish resolving as an enchantment creature spell. It will enter the battlefield under your control.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You still control the Aura, even if it's enchanting a creature controlled by another player.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Crystalline Nautilus's middle ability functions as long as Crystalline Nautilus is on the battlefield, whether it's a creature or an Aura.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, the Aura stops being an Aura and remains on the battlefield. Control of that permanent doesn't change; you'll control the resulting enchantment creature.

    Apr 26, 2014 · Wizards of the Coast

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