<p>No, it only affects creatures, which is to say creature cards and tokens on the battlefield.</p>
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<p>109.2. If a spell or ability uses a description of an object that includes a card type or subtype, but doesn’t include the word “card,” “spell,” “source,” or “scheme,” it means a permanent of that card type or subtype on the battlefield.</p>
<p>110.1. A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield. [...]</p>
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If Brightsteel is in play with Humility and dies, at what point does the card regain its ability? Would it go into the graveyard?
Samthere
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2015-05-26T14:58:52.123Z
@Samthere [http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/6505/2474](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/6505/2474)
Pablo
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ikegami
<p>Does <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Humility">Humility</a> effect cards in the graveyard? (EX. If Humility in play, can I discard <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blightsteel%20Colossus">Blightsteel Colossus</a> without the shuffle?)</p>

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How do I add links again?
BolasStone
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`[mtg:Card Name]`
ikegami
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Does Humility affect the graveyard?
BolasStone
# Does Humility affect the graveyard?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-25)

Does [Humility](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Humility) effect cards in the graveyard? (EX. If Humility in play, can I discard [Blightsteel Colossus](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blightsteel%20Colossus) without the shuffle?)

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: How do I add links again?  
> **username_1**: `[mtg:Card Name]`  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-25. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

No, it only affects creatures, which is to say creature cards and tokens on the battlefield.

> 109.2. If a spell or ability uses a description of an object that includes a card type or subtype, but doesn’t include the word “card,” “spell,” “source,” or “scheme,” it means a permanent of that card type or subtype on the battlefield.
>
> 110.1. A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield. [...]

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: If Brightsteel is in play with Humility and dies, at what point does the card regain its ability? Would it go into the graveyard?  
> **username_3**: @username_2 [http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/6505/2474](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/6505/2474)  

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