Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Rules for this card

• Annihilator Rule 702.86 Glossary

  A keyword ability that can make a creature particularly brutal when it attacks. See rule 702.86, “Annihilator.”

• Flying Rule 702.9 Glossary

  A keyword ability that restricts how a creature may be blocked. See rule 702.9, “Flying.”

• Protection Rule 702.16 Glossary

  A keyword ability that provides a range of benefits against objects with a specific quality. See rule 702.16, “Protection.”

Rulings (6)

• June 15, 2010 · Wizards of the Coast
  Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before they declare blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
• June 15, 2010 · Wizards of the Coast
  If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything.
• December 7, 2018 · Wizards of the Coast
  Emrakul's second ability triggers as you cast it, and that ability resolves before the spell itself. It resolves even if that spell is somehow removed from the stack.
• December 7, 2018 · Wizards of the Coast
  Emrakul can be targeted by spells that try to counter it (such as Ionize). Those spells will resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter Emrakul won't do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal.
• December 7, 2018 · Wizards of the Coast
  "Colored spells" is not synonymous with "colored cards." For example, even though creatures are spells when they're cast, they're not spells when they're on the battlefield and can block Emrakul; and triggered abilities of permanents entering the battlefield (such as that of Banishing Light) can target it.
• December 7, 2018 · Wizards of the Coast
  Emrakul can't be the target of colored Aura spells, but colored Auras can be put onto the battlefield enchanting it.

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