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8 months ago  ::  Oct 19, 2012 - 1:54PM #1
Deckhopper
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Do the keyrunes such as Rakdos Keyrune trigger `when X enters the battlefield` abilities such as on Garruk's Packleader and the various soulbond creatures?
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8 months ago  ::  Oct 19, 2012 - 2:00PM #2
ultimaweapon79
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Oct 19, 2012 -- 1:54PM, Deckhopper wrote:

Do the keyrunes such as Rakdos Keyrune trigger `when X enters the battlefield` abilities such as on Garruk's Packleader and the various soulbond creatures?


I would say no because they never entered the battlefield as creatures, they entered the battlefield and then became creatures.

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8 months ago  ::  Oct 19, 2012 - 2:01PM #3
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Animating a Keyrune doesn't put anything onto the battlefield. The Keyrune is already on the battlefield; it's just changing some of its characteristics.
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8 months ago  ::  Oct 19, 2012 - 3:22PM #4
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Oct 19, 2012 -- 1:54PM, Deckhopper wrote:

Do the keyrunes such as Rakdos Keyrune trigger `when X enters the battlefield` abilities such as on Garruk's Packleader and the various soulbond creatures?


they could if there was a March of the Machines on the field and you just cast it and it just resolved and entered the field as an artifact creature, but under normal circumstances of just activating its ability, no, because it was already on the battlefield, it didn't leave and come back or anything like that, rather it just changed some of its characteristics.

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