<p>There is a ruling on Zoetic Cavern that states:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If Blood Moon is on the battlefield and a player controls a face-down Zoetic Cavern, it can’t be turned face up since it won’t have a morph cost.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This ruling comes from rule <a href="https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Morph" rel="noreferrer">702.36e</a>, which states among other things:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If the permanent wouldn’t have a morph cost if it were face up, it can’t be turned face up this way.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So the Sun stops your Cavern from being turned face up.</p>

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2019-01-01T15:43:56.233Z
Wow, I did not expect that ruling. Learn something new every day!
Arcanist Lupus
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Michał Politowski
<p>Does <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=442238" rel="noreferrer">Zoetic Cavern</a> lose its morph ability when face-down keeping it from being able to turn face-up when there is a <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=439749" rel="noreferrer">Blood Sun</a> in play?</p>

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Does Blood Sun keep me from turning my Zoetic Cavern face up?
Neil Meyer
# Does Blood Sun keep me from turning my Zoetic Cavern face up?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-01)

Does [Zoetic Cavern](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=442238) lose its morph ability when face-down keeping it from being able to turn face-up when there is a [Blood Sun](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=439749) in play?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-01. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

There is a ruling on Zoetic Cavern that states:

> If Blood Moon is on the battlefield and a player controls a face-down Zoetic Cavern, it can’t be turned face up since it won’t have a morph cost.

This ruling comes from rule [702.36e](https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Morph), which states among other things:

> If the permanent wouldn’t have a morph cost if it were face up, it can’t be turned face up this way.

So the Sun stops your Cavern from being turned face up.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Wow, I did not expect that ruling. Learn something new every day!  

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