Ghostly Dancers — ruling 1

If a permanent with an eerie ability enters at the same time as one or more enchantments, its ability will trigger for each of those enchantments.

Ghostly Dancers — ruling 2

An ability that triggers "whenever you fully unlock a Room" triggers when a door becomes unlocked and the other door of that Room is already unlocked, or when both doors of that Room become unlocked simultaneously.

Ghostly Dancers : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Ghostly Dancers 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

Flying When this creature enters, return an enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand or unlock a locked door of a Room you control. Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, create a 3/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Complete guide

Ghostly Dancers is a versatile white Spirit that brings immense value to enchantment-heavy decks. It serves as both a source of recursion and a powerful engine for generating a fleet of 3/1 Spirit tokens whenever your board state evolves.

Dual Entry Value

When Ghostly Dancers enters the battlefield, you are presented with a choice: recover an enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand, or unlock a locked door of a Room you already control. This makes it a perfect tool for reclaiming lost utility or bypassing the mana cost of expensive Room doors.

Mastering the Eerie Ability

The Eerie ability is a triggered ability that rewards you for two specific actions: an enchantment entering the battlefield under your control, or fully unlocking a Room. A Room is 'fully unlocked' only when both of its doors are in an unlocked state. If Ghostly Dancers enters at the same time as other enchantments, the Eerie ability will trigger for each of those enchantments separately.

Strategic Considerations

It is important to remember that Ghostly Dancers must be on the battlefield to see itself or other enchantments enter to trigger Eerie. However, because it is an enchantment creature, it will trigger the Eerie abilities of other permanents you control as it enters. The 3/1 Spirit tokens it creates are fragile but possess flying, making them excellent offensive tools.

Interaction examples

Double the Spirits

Ghostly Dancers

Roaming Throne

If you control Roaming Throne with 'Spirit' chosen, Ghostly Dancers' triggered abilities will trigger twice. When it enters, you can return two enchantments from your graveyard or unlock two Room doors. Furthermore, every time you play an enchantment, you will create two 3/1 Spirit tokens instead of one.

Recursive Spirits

Ghostly Dancers Spirit

Spirit

When Ghostly Dancers enters, use its ability to return an enchantment from your graveyard to your hand. Later, when you cast that enchantment, Ghostly Dancers' Eerie ability triggers, allowing you to create a 3/1 Spirit token with flying.

Artifact Interactions

Ghostly Dancers

Solemn Simulacrum

Note that Ghostly Dancers interacts specifically with enchantments. While playing Solemn Simulacrum provides a land and a card draw, it will not trigger the Eerie ability of Ghostly Dancers because Solemn Simulacrum is an artifact, not an enchantment.

Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.

How it works : Ghostly Dancers

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1September 20, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent with an eerie ability enters at the same time as one or more enchantments, its ability will trigger for each of those enchantments.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2September 20, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
An ability that triggers "whenever you fully unlock a Room" triggers when a door becomes unlocked and the other door of that Room is already unlocked, or when both doors of that Room become unlocked simultaneously.
No other card is named in this ruling.