Opal Gargoyle 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
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 2/2 Gargoyle creature with flying.
How it works : Opal Gargoyle
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its
abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A "creature spell" is any spell with the type Creature, even if it has other types such as Artifact or Enchantment. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature spells.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
When it turns into a creature, it is no longer an enchantment.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
It changes into a creature even if the spell is countered.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
It triggers when the spell is cast, which means it becomes a creature before that spell resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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