When a card with bestow is in your hand, you have two options: cast it normally for its mana cost, or cast it for its bestow cost. If you cast a bestow card normally, it’s an enchantment creature spell that resolves and becomes an enchantment creature on the battlefield.
Are enchant creature cards enchantments?
Yes they are the same. if it said “Enchant Creature” there, it now says “Enchant Creature” down in the rules text. Enchant is a static ability on Enchantments which determines what they can legally Enchant.
Is an enchantment a spell?
An incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung or chanted. An incantation can also be performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers.
Is the bestow card an enchantment or a spell?
Its bestow ability and its “Enchanted creature gets…” text are ignored. If you cast a bestow card for its bestow cost, it’s never a creature spell. Instead, it’s an Aura spell with enchant creature, so you have to target a creature to cast it.
Do you have to target a creature to cast bestow card?
If you cast a bestow card for its bestow cost, it’s never a creature spell. Instead, it’s an Aura spell with enchant creature, so you have to target a creature to cast it. If that creature has a heroic ability, this will trigger it, just as any other Aura spell would.
What makes a creature an enchantment in Magic The Gathering?
This means that when you cast it you have the option to pay its Bestow cost and when you do that you cast just like an Aura picking a Creature for it to Enchant. When it is an Aura the Creature it is attached to is the “Enchanted Creature”, it is never an “Enchanted Creature” if it is not attached to anything and is just an Enchantment Creature.
Are there any playable enchantment creatures outside of bestow?
Outside of bestow, playable enchantment creatures will have significant board presence and EDH-relevant abilities, such as Thassa, God of the Sea, Aegis of the Gods, or Archetype of Courage. One that I want to particularly note that is fetchable, is Riptide Chimera, which allows you to bounce your enchantments that you fetch to hand.
