Amulet of Unmaking is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
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, Exile this artifact: Exile target artifact, creature, or land. Activate only as a sorcery.
Complete guide
Amulet of Unmaking is a powerful, high-cost artifact that offers a permanent solution to problematic permanents on the battlefield. By sacrificing itself, it can remove almost any threat from the game entirely, ensuring it won't return from the graveyard later.
Understanding the Activation
Amulet of Unmaking features a single activated ability that costs five mana, tapping the artifact, and exiling the Amulet itself. Note that because exiling the Amulet is part of the activation cost, your opponent cannot destroy the Amulet in response to prevent the effect from happening. This ability targets an artifact, creature, or land, moving that target directly to the exile zone.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you must ensure it is your main phase and the stack is empty, as this ability is restricted to sorcery speed. Second, you pay the five generic mana, tap the Amulet, and move it to the exile zone while choosing a valid target. Finally, if the target is still legal when the ability resolves, that target is placed into the exile zone. This bypasses 'dies' triggers because the permanent is not put into a graveyard.
Timing and Priority
A common point of confusion involves when you can use the Amulet. If you cast Amulet of Unmaking during your main phase and it resolves, you regain priority immediately. As long as no other abilities triggered upon it entering the battlefield, you can activate it right away before any opponent has a chance to cast a spell like Disenchant to destroy it.
When to Use Amulet of Unmaking
This card is best utilized against threats that are difficult to kill through damage or that have powerful graveyard synergies. Because it can target lands, it is also a viable tool for removing utility lands that are providing your opponent with too much value.
Interaction examples
The One RingIf your opponent controls The One Ring, its Indestructible keyword protects it from most removal. However, Amulet of Unmaking does not destroy; it exiles. By activating the Amulet and targeting The One Ring, you remove it from the battlefield completely, bypassing its protection from destruction.
Solemn SimulacrumWhen Solemn Simulacrum is destroyed and put into a graveyard, its controller gets to draw a card. If you use Amulet of Unmaking to exile Solemn Simulacrum, the creature never 'dies' according to game rules (it never hits the graveyard). Consequently, the opponent does not get to draw a card from the death trigger.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Amulet of Unmaking
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
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If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you’ll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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