AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Cloud of Faeries + Deadeye Navigator
Overview
With Deadeye Navigator paired with Cloud of Faeries, each paired creature gains the activated ability "
: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control." If you activate that ability on Cloud of Faeries, Cloud is exiled, the pairing is immediately broken when it leaves the battlefield, and then Cloud returns as a new object (the re-entry can cause Deadeye’s soulbond to trigger to pair them again) . See Ruling [2017-03-14].
: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control." If you activate that ability on Cloud of Faeries, Cloud is exiled, the pairing is immediately broken when it leaves the battlefield, and then Cloud returns as a new object (the re-entry can cause Deadeye’s soulbond to trigger to pair them again) . See Ruling [2017-03-14].Step 1
Begin with Deadeye Navigator and Cloud of Faeries on the battlefield and paired via Soulbond .
Step 2
Pay and activate the granted ability on Cloud of Faeries; the ability is the one each paired creature has from Deadeye Navigator’s text .
and activate the granted ability on Cloud of Faeries; the ability is the one each paired creature has from Deadeye Navigator’s text .Step 3
When that activated ability resolves, the ability’s first part exiles Cloud of Faeries. When Cloud leaves the battlefield it is no longer paired with Deadeye Navigator, so the pair is immediately broken (an object that leaves the battlefield becomes unpaired) .
Step 4
After exile, the same ability's return effect returns the card to the battlefield under your control as a new object; putting it onto the battlefield is governed by the creature-entering rule .
Step 5
When Cloud re-enters the battlefield, Deadeye Navigator’s soulbond ability triggers because a creature entered under your control and both objects are again on the battlefield and can be paired if both are unpaired when the soulbond trigger resolves .
Step 6
If Deadeye is no longer a creature or no longer under your control when Cloud re-enters, the soulbond trigger cannot pair them because one of the conditions for pairing is not met .
Resolution
Activate the ability granted by Deadeye Navigator on Cloud of Faeries. The ability exiles Cloud, breaking the pair when Cloud leaves the battlefield, then returns Cloud to the battlefield as a new object under your control (see ). Deadeye’s soulbond trigger may then trigger on that re-entry and you may pair them again if both are creatures you control and both are unpaired when the soulbond trigger resolves . This behaviour is confirmed by Ruling [2017-03-14].
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