Estrid's Invocation for clarity
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Estrid's Invocation says:
You may have Estrid's Invocation enter the battlefield as a copy of an enchantment you control, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile this enchantment. If you do, return it to the sattlefieldunder it's owner's control.
When it is played without a target, why does it shut off the exiling trigger? Is the exile trigger an additional ability given after it becomes a copy or is it a static ability? Can it be played before having a valid target to copy as a means to utilize unspent mana to then have it copy an enchantment played later?
I know the answer is no right now because I am here because it didn't work that way. Trying to rationalize why not and what I said above is the best I can come up with as to why it doesn't work the way I thought it might.
Anyone have a definitive answer why it stops the trigger when it enters without a valid target to copy?
TheWamp#17907
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Rezzahan#77802
commented
Granting the exile ability is a modification to the copy process. If you decline or cannot apply the copy process, then that modification also doesn't happen.
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DAC169#34537
commented
errata for Estrid's Invocation:
If Estrid's Invocation doesn't copy an enchantment as it enters the battlefield, it won't have the ability to exile it at the beginning of your upkeep. You can't have it copy itself to get this ability.
(2018-07-13)