Tombstone Stairwell

Mana Cost

Type

World Enchantment

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Cumulative upkeep

During each upkeep, each player puts into play a Tombspawn token for each summon card in his or her graveyard. Treat these tokens as 2/2 black creatures that are unaffected by summoning sickness and count as Zombies. At end of any turn or if Tombstone Stairwell leaves play, bury all of these tokens.

Artist

Dom

Set

MI - Mirage

Number

printings (0)

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(10/4/2004)

All the tokens are put onto the battlefield simultaneously.

(10/4/2004)

Both the cumulative upkeep and the triggered ability trigger at the beginning of upkeep, so you can choose what order they resolve.

(10/4/2004)

You control the triggered ability, but each player controls the token creature they put onto the battlefield due to the ability's effect.

(10/4/2004)

Does not put the Zombies onto the battlefield if this card is not still on the battlefield when its ability resolves.

(10/4/2004)

If something changes the names of the tokens, then the "at end of turn" ability will still destroy them.

(10/1/2008)

This has the supertype world. When a world permanent enters, any world permanents that were already on the battlefield are put into their owners' graveyards. This is a state-based action called the "world rule." The new world permanent stays on the battlefield. If two world permanents enter at the same time, they're both put into their owners' graveyards.