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Animating Faerie

{2}{U}

Creature — Faerie

ELDThrone of Eldraine#38uncommon

A true puppet master has no need for strings.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1440
Illustrator
Joseph Meehan
Found in
Throne of Eldraine MTGO Redemption · Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck Faerie Schemes · 5 more
Printings3Combos61EDHREC rank#19,070
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

Animating Faerie

Flying
2/2
Flying

Bring to Life

Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on it.
Plays as:
Artifact AnimatorAdventure
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil+5.3%
$0.20
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil+6.9%
$0.31
$0.05 low-$0.03 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.20· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

14 · latest Oct 4, 2019
  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    An Equipment that's also a creature can't be attached to anything. You can activate its equip ability, but it won't become attached. If it's attached as it becomes a creature, it becomes unattached.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    An adventurer card is a permanent card in every zone except the stack, as well as while on the stack if not cast as an Adventure. Ignore its alternative characteristics in those cases. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Giant Killer is a white creature card whose mana value is 1. It can't be the target of the triggered ability of Mystic Sanctuary.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    An artifact that becomes a creature due to Bring to Life can't attack unless you've controlled it continuously since your turn began.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    Bring to Life's effect lasts indefinitely. It doesn't wear off during the cleanup step.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    Casting a card as an Adventure isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to the Adventure.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If a spell is cast as an Adventure, its controller exiles it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard as it resolves. For as long as it remains exiled, that player may cast it as a permanent spell. If an Adventure spell leaves the stack in any way other than resolving (most likely by being countered or by failing to resolve because its targets have all become illegal), that card won't be exiled and the spell's controller won't be able to cast it as a permanent later.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won't give you permission to cast it as a permanent spell.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If an effect copies an Adventure spell, that copy is exiled as it resolves. It ceases to exist as a state-based action; it's not possible to cast the copy as a permanent.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative Adventure name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If an object becomes a copy of an object that has an Adventure, the copy also has an Adventure. If it changes zones, it will either cease to exist (if it's a token) or cease to be a copy (if it's a nontoken permanent), and so you won't be able to cast it as an Adventure.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If another effect later causes the artifact to become a creature and sets its power and toughness as it does so, that creature will have that base power and toughness; it won't be 0/0. Notably, crewing a Vehicle does not set its power and toughness, so a Vehicle's base power and toughness remain 0/0 if you crew it.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    If you cast an adventurer card as an Adventure, use only its alternative characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast that spell. For example, if Giant Killer is exiled with the last ability of Vivien, Champion of the Wilds, you can't cast it as Chop Down.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    When casting a spell as an Adventure, use the alternative characteristics and ignore all of the card's normal characteristics. The spell's color, mana cost, mana value, and so on are determined by only those alternative characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.

  • WotCOct 4, 2019

    You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions for the permanent spell you cast from exile. Normally, you'll be able to cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.