Animate Spell

one blue mana Enchantment — Aura

Flash

Enchant instant or sorcery spell on the stack

When Animate Spell becomes attached to an instant or sorcery, put that card onto the battlefield under its owner's control. It's a creature in addition to its other types with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.

When Animate Spell leaves the battlefield, enchanted card's owner sacrifices it unless they cast it.

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Animate Spell rulings

2019-11-12
While resolving Animate Spell’s last ability, the spell is cast from the battlefield. As it moves to the stack, it stops being a creature. Its controller must pay its costs if they wish to cast it.
2019-11-12
Animate Spell loses “enchant instant or sorcery spell on the stack” and gains “enchant permanent put onto the battlefield with Animate Spell” before becoming attached to that creature. It doesn’t say that on the card, but we’ll figure it out later.
2019-11-12
Use the mana value of the spell to determine the power and toughness of the creature it becomes. For a spell with in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X to determine its mana value.
2019-11-12
If the creature leaves the battlefield before or at the same time as Animate Spell, it can’t be cast.

Animate Spell keyword rules

Enchant Rule 702.5

Enchant is a static ability, written “Enchant [object or player].” The enchant ability restricts what an Aura spell can target and what an Aura can enchant.

For more information about Auras, see rule , “Enchantments.”

If an Aura has multiple instances of enchant, all of them apply. The Aura’s target must follow the restrictions from all the instances of enchant. The Aura can enchant only objects or players that match all of its enchant abilities.

Auras that can enchant a player can target and be attached to players. Such Auras can’t target permanents and can’t be attached to permanents.

Flash Rule 702.8

Flash is a static ability that functions in any zone from which you could play the card it’s on. “Flash” means “You may play this card any time you could cast an instant.”

Multiple instances of flash on the same object are redundant.