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Tawnos's Coffin

Card Name

Tawnos's Coffin

Mana Cost

4

Type

Artifact

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Coffin during your untap step.
3
, : Remove target creature and all Auras attached to it from the game. Note the number and kind of counters that were on that creature. When Tawnos's Coffin leaves play or becomes untapped, return the removed card to play under its owner's control tapped with the noted number and kind of counters on it, and if you do, return the removed Aura cards to play under their owner's control attached to that permanent.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
The creature returns to the battlefield tapped. It does not return to the battlefield and then tap afterwards.
(9/16/2007)
If the targeted creature is a token, it will cease to exist after being exiled. Any Auras that were attached to it will remain exiled forever.
(9/16/2007)
If the exiled card is returned to the battlefield and, for some reason, it now can't be enchanted by an Aura that was also exiled by Tawnos's Coffin, that Aura will remain exiled.
(9/16/2007)
If Tawnos's Coffin leaves the battlefield before its ability has resolved, it will exile the targeted creature forever, since its delayed triggered ability will never trigger.
(4/1/2008)
Because the new wording doesn't use phasing, the exiled card will suffer from summoning sickness upon its return to the battlefield.
(4/1/2008)
The effect doesn't care what types the card has after it is exiled, only that it have been a creature while on the battlefield.