<p>Yes, you are right: the <a href="https://media.wizards.com/2019/downloads/MagicCompRules%2020190612.txt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rules</a> say</p>

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  <p>400.7. An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence. There are nine exceptions to this rule:</p>
</blockquote>

<p>But being transformed or not is not listed among the exceptions.</p>

<p>So in exile it's no longer transformed, and it will return to the battlefield as a creature, as that is the 'normal' way for this object to enter the battlefield:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>711.8. A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default. If a spell or ability puts it onto the battlefield “transformed,” it enters the battlefield with its back face up.</p>
</blockquote>

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2019-06-27T16:33:31.920Z
I suggest quoting rule 711.8 as the rules reference for the last sentence.
murgatroid99
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2019-06-27T17:28:47.060Z
Right, that certainly doesn't hurt ...
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<p>If I use <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bFelidar%20Guardian%5d">Felidar Guardian</a> to exile a transformed <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=242498" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Soul Seizer</a> I control, does it return as the enchantment and is put in the graveyard, or is it returned as the creature <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSoul%20Seizer%5d">Soul Seizer</a>?</p>

<p>I think exiling makes it lose all properties prior to the exiling, so it should return as the creature, shouldn't it?</p>

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2019-06-27T16:40:38.027Z
If an aura like Ghastly Haunting enters the battlefield like that, it doesn't go to the graveyard, you actually attach it to a legal enchantment target. And if it doesn't have anything to attach to, it would stay in exile instead.
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# Felidar Guardian exiling Soul Seizer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-27)

If I use [Felidar Guardian](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bFelidar%20Guardian%5d) to exile a transformed [Soul Seizer](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=242498) I control, does it return as the enchantment and is put in the graveyard, or is it returned as the creature [Soul Seizer](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSoul%20Seizer%5d)?

I think exiling makes it lose all properties prior to the exiling, so it should return as the creature, shouldn't it?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If an aura like Ghastly Haunting enters the battlefield like that, it doesn't go to the graveyard, you actually attach it to a legal enchantment target. And if it doesn't have anything to attach to, it would stay in exile instead.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-27. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Yes, you are right: the [rules](https://media.wizards.com/2019/downloads/MagicCompRules%2020190612.txt) say

> 400.7. An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence. There are nine exceptions to this rule:

But being transformed or not is not listed among the exceptions.

So in exile it's no longer transformed, and it will return to the battlefield as a creature, as that is the 'normal' way for this object to enter the battlefield:

> 711.8. A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default. If a spell or ability puts it onto the battlefield “transformed,” it enters the battlefield with its back face up.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I suggest quoting rule 711.8 as the rules reference for the last sentence.  
> **username_2**: Right, that certainly doesn't hurt ...  

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