Dead Man's Chest — ruling 1

If you gain control of the enchanted creature, Dead Man's Chest will be put into your graveyard.

Dead Man's Chest — ruling 2

If Dead Man's Chest and the enchanted creature are both put into graveyards at the same time, the last ability of Dead Man's Chest still triggers.

Dead Man's Chest — ruling 3

To determine how many cards to exile, use the enchanted creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield.

Dead Man's Chest — ruling 4

You are a creature's owner if the card representing it began the game in your deck, or if it's a token that entered the battlefield under your control. If Dead Man's Chest enchants a creature that you own but an opponent controls, you'll exile cards from your library.

Dead Man's Chest — ruling 5

The effect of Dead Man's Chest doesn't change when you can cast the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.

Dead Man's Chest — ruling 6

Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.

Dead Man's Chest — ruling 7

In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Dead Man's Chest's ability are exiled.

Dead Man's Chest : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Dead Man's Chest 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

Enchant creature an opponent controls When enchanted creature dies, exile cards equal to its power from the top of its owner's library. You may cast spells from among those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast them.

How it works : Dead Man's Chest

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
If you gain control of the enchanted creature, Dead Man's Chest will be put into your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
If Dead Man's Chest and the enchanted creature are both put into graveyards at the same time, the last ability of Dead Man's Chest still triggers.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
To determine how many cards to exile, use the enchanted creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
You are a creature's owner if the card representing it began the game in your deck, or if it's a token that entered the battlefield under your control. If Dead Man's Chest enchants a creature that you own but an opponent controls, you'll exile cards from your library.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
The effect of Dead Man's Chest doesn't change when you can cast the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7January 19, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Dead Man's Chest's ability are exiled.
No other card is named in this ruling.