If you cast a bestow card normally, it’s an enchantment creature spell that resolves and becomes an enchantment creature on the battlefield. 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.
Are bestow cards auras?
A creature with bestow is not an Aura while it is in your library or even your hand. It becomes an Aura when you cast it by paying its alternate “bestow” cost and have a legal target for it. It remains an Aura until it “falls off” or no longer can legally enchant what it’s attached to.
Can you bestow from the graveyard?
Yes. Muldrotha has you cast it, and Bestow doesn’t care where you’re casting it from. Bear in mind that since enchantment creatures have two permanent types, you’ll have to declare which one you’re counting them for when you cast them with Muldrotha.
Is mutate a creature spell?
A mutating creature spell is a creature spell, even if it won’t enter the battlefield as a creature. As a mutating creature spell begins to resolve, check whether its target is still legal.
When does bestow target, does it become a creature?
It becomes a creature, because the rules make a special exception for bestow. Even though you’ve cast your creature with bestow as an aura spell, when it resolves, it can end up as an aura or a creature. From the bestow section of The Mechanics of Theros:
How does bestow work in Magic The Gathering?
The gods of Theros send their servants out into the world to bestow their blessings upon the worthy. A creature with bestow gives you the option to cast it as an Aura that enchants a creature, granting that creature its power, toughness, and abilities.
What happens if you remove bestow from a creature?
If my opponent was to cast bestow onto a creature, and i then remove the creature, does the bestow get countered and go to the graveyard, or does it become a creature? It becomes a creature, because the rules make a special exception for bestow.
What happens when you cast a bestow card?
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.
