Diabolic Servitude

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Diabolic Servitude
{3}{B}
Enchantment
When Diabolic Servitude comes into play, return target creature card from
your graveyard to play.
When the returned creature is put into a graveyard, remove that creature
from the game and return Diabolic Servitude to its owner's hand.
When Diabolic Servitude leaves play, remove that creature from the game.

Hi,

I was wondering if the following play is correct:
- I play Diabolic Servitude, it's comes into play ability goes on the stack
targeting a certain creature card.
- I then return the Diabolic Servitude to my hand using for example
Boomerang.
- Diabolic Servitude leaves play so it's leaves play ability triggers.
- My opponent passes priority and the leaves play ability resolves. Diabolic
Servitude tries to remove the creature from the game. But since the card is
still in the graveyard and not in play, it's still a creature card and not a
creature so nothing happens.
- Priority is passed again and the comes into play ability resolves. The
creature is put into play and Diabolic Servitude is in my hand.

If the following is not correct, is there a correct way to do get the
creature in play and Diabolic Servitude in my hand?

Thanks in advance,

Robert

 

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"The Machine" <no@spam.com> writes:
> Diabolic Servitude
> {3}{B}
> Enchantment
> When Diabolic Servitude comes into play, return target creature card from
> your graveyard to play.
> When the returned creature is put into a graveyard, remove that creature
> from the game and return Diabolic Servitude to its owner's hand.
> When Diabolic Servitude leaves play, remove that creature from the game.
>
> I was wondering if the following play is correct:
> - I play Diabolic Servitude, it's comes into play ability goes on the stack
> targeting a certain creature card.
> - I then return the Diabolic Servitude to my hand using for example
> Boomerang.
> - Diabolic Servitude leaves play so it's leaves play ability triggers.
> - My opponent passes priority and the leaves play ability resolves. Diabolic
> Servitude tries to remove the creature from the game. But since the card is
> still in the graveyard and not in play, it's still a creature card and not a
> creature so nothing happens.
> - Priority is passed again and the comes into play ability resolves. The
> creature is put into play and Diabolic Servitude is in my hand.

Yes, that's all correct. If the Servitude isn't in play anymore when
the comes-into-play ability resolves, the creature will still come in,
and the Servitude won't care about it or be able to affect it in any
way.

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Peter C.
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commonwealth."
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:47:13 +0200, The Machine <no@spam.com> wrote:
>Diabolic Servitude 3B Enchantment
> When ~ comes into play, return target creature card from your graveyard to
> play. / When the returned creature is put into a graveyard, remove that
> creature from the game and return ~ to its owner's hand. / When ~ leaves
> play, remove that creature from the game.

Unlike Animate Dead, Dance of the Dead, or Necromancy, this is _not_ going
to turn into a local enchantment - it sits in play on its own.

>I was wondering if the following play is correct:
>- I play Diabolic Servitude, it's comes into play ability goes on the stack
>targeting a certain creature card.
>- I then return the Diabolic Servitude to my hand using for example
>Boomerang.
>- Diabolic Servitude leaves play so it's leaves play ability triggers.
>- My opponent passes priority and the leaves play ability resolves. Diabolic
>Servitude tries to remove the creature from the game. But since the card is
>still in the graveyard and not in play, it's still a creature card and not a
>creature so nothing happens.

Plus which the DS ability can't "find" it there, it's looking for a creature
in play, correct.

>- Priority is passed again and the comes into play ability resolves. The
>creature is put into play and Diabolic Servitude is in my hand.

Correct. DS does not have a ", if DS is in play," conditional clause in its
triggered ability; it doesn't care whether the DS is still in play when the
ability pulling the creature card into play resolves.

Dave
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