Abuelo, Ancestral Echo

one generic mana one white mana one blue mana Legendary Creature — SpiritPower and toughness2/2

Flying, ward two generic mana

one generic mana one white mana one blue mana : Exile another target creature or artifact you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

"Come, friends. Let us see if this world remembers us."

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Abuelo, Ancestral Echo rulings

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If a token is exiled this way, it ceases to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
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The exiled card will return to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step even if Abuelo, Ancestral Echo is no longer on the battlefield at that time.
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If a double-faced card is exiled this way, it will return with its front face up, no matter which face was up when it left the battlefield.
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An artifact creature card or enchantment creature card returned this way will have base power and toughness 1/1.
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An Equipment that's also a creature can't be attached to anything. You can activate its equip ability, but it won't become attached.
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If another effect causes one of the returned permanents to become a creature and sets its base power and toughness as it does so, that creature will have that power and toughness; it won't be 1/1. Notably, crewing a Vehicle does not set its power and toughness, so a Vehicle will remain a 1/1 if you crew it.

Abuelo, Ancestral Echo keyword rules

Flying Rule 702.9

Flying is an evasion ability.

A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule , “Reach.”)

Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant.

Ward Rule 702.21

Ward is a triggered ability. Ward [cost] means “Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays [cost].”

Some ward abilities include an X in their cost and state what X is equal to. This value is determined at the time the ability resolves, not locked in as the ability triggers.