What does The Animus do in Magic: The Gathering?

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it. {T}: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.

The Animus | Assassin's Creed

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Assassin's Creed (acr)
#253 • rare • English • Non-Foil

The Animus

Legendary Artifact

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it.

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: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.

Illustrated by Néstor Ossandón Leal

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Legalities

Not Legal

standard

Not Legal

historic

Not Legal

pioneer

Legal

Modern

Legal

Legacy

Not Legal

pauper

Legal

vintage

Legal

Commander

Not Legal

brawl

Not Legal

alchemy

Rulings

The target legendary creature copies exactly what was printed on the card in exile and nothing else. It doesn’t copy any information about the object the card was before it was exiled.

2024-07-05 • wotc

If either one of the targets of The Animus’s last ability is illegal when the ability begins to resolve, nothing will happen when the ability resolves.

2024-07-05 • wotc

Alternate Printings

Normal: N/A | Foil: N/A

Normal: $0.33 | Foil: $0.42

Normal: $0.22 | Foil: $0.23