The Battlefield

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

$0.15

Necromancy

$11.32

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Necromancy

Overview

When Abdel Adrian enters and exiles permanents you control, Necromancy (the Aura) can be one of those permanents. If you exile Necromancy while the creature it brought back is left on the battlefield, Necromancy’s “when this enchantment leaves the battlefield” triggered ability will trigger and (when it resolves) cause that creature to be sacrificed . If you exile both the creature and Necromancy at the same time, the triggered sacrifice will do nothing because the creature is no longer on the battlefield when the trigger resolves . If both are later returned to the battlefield simultaneously when Abdel leaves, Necromancy will generally fail to reattach because its enchant restriction is “enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy,” and the creature won’t be being put onto the battlefield by Necromancy at that time, so the Aura will remain in exile instead of entering the battlefield .

Step 1

You cast Necromancy (or it was already on the battlefield); when Necromancy entered it became an Aura via its enter trigger and put a target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield attached to it, following the Aura rules and Ruling [2005-08-01].

Step 2

Later you cast Abdel Adrian. When Abdel’s enter-the-battlefield ability resolves it exiles any number of other nonland permanents you control until Abdel leaves the battlefield, and creates a 1/1 Soldier token for each permanent exiled this way (Abdel’s text).

Step 3

You may choose to include Necromancy (the Aura) among those permanents to be exiled. If you exile Necromancy while leaving the returned creature on the battlefield, Necromancy leaves the battlefield and its triggered ability “When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, that creature’s controller sacrifices it” triggers and is placed on the stack .

Step 4

When that trigger resolves it instructs the creature’s controller to sacrifice the creature. If the creature is still on the battlefield at that time, it is sacrificed; if the creature is not on the battlefield (for example, because it was exiled by the same Abdel effect), nothing happens to it when the trigger resolves .

Step 5

If you exiled both the creature and Necromancy simultaneously, both left the battlefield; Necromancy’s leave trigger will resolve later but the creature won’t be on the battlefield then, so the sacrifice instruction does nothing .

Step 6

When Abdel later leaves and the exiled permanents would be returned, Necromancy’s enchant restriction is specific: it can only enchant the creature that was put onto the battlefield with Necromancy. Because returning via Abdel’s effect does not ‘put the creature onto the battlefield with Necromancy,’ Necromancy will have no legal object to enchant as it attempts to re-enter and thus will typically remain in exile instead of entering the battlefield .

Step 7

You still get one 1/1 Soldier token for each permanent exiled by Abdel, including Necromancy (if it was exiled and it was not a token) and including any other permanents exiled that ceased to exist (if they were tokens) per Ruling [2022-06-10].

Resolution

Abdel may exile Necromancy as one of the “other nonland permanents” it exiles. If Necromancy is exiled while its returned creature remains on the battlefield, Necromancy’s leave-the-battlefield trigger will cause that creature to be sacrificed when the trigger resolves . If both Necromancy and the creature are exiled together, the trigger will not cause the creature to be sacrificed because the creature is not on the battlefield when the trigger resolves . When Abdel later leaves and attempts to return those exiled permanents, Necromancy will generally not be able to reattach to that creature because the creature is not being put onto the battlefield by Necromancy at that time; per the Aura rules, an Aura that has no legal object to enchant as it enters stays where it is instead of entering the battlefield .

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