Ixidron: Everything Face Down
Judge Level 2All creatures become 2/2s with nothing — but only one of them ever comes back up.
Cards involved
The great flipper
You control a face-up Willbender and Grizzly Bears. Your opponent casts Ixidron: as it enters, all other face-up creatures are turned face down.
What happens?
Both are face down now.
What are they — and who ever comes back up?
Pick an answer to continue.
Face-down creatures are 2/2s with no name, types, abilities or mana cost (chapter 708). Turning face up is only possible as a special action via MORPH costs — the Bears have none and stay face down until an effect flips them or they leave the battlefield.
What that means in practice
Your Willbender may be turned face up anytime you have priority for (special action, no stack) — redirect trigger included. The Bears are an anonymous 2/2 indefinitely.
Judge details
When a face-down card leaves the battlefield, it's revealed to all players. And: face-down creatures aren't "morphs" — they're simply face-down permanents; where they came from doesn't matter for their values.
Stack
Ixidron
Turns all other face-up creatures face down
Willbender
Your morph creature — face up on the battlefield
Grizzly Bears
Your perfectly ordinary Bears
The stack is empty.
Battlefield
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