<p>You will exile the merged creature at the end of turn, losing both the original creature and the mutate card you cast on it.</p>
<p>From the rulings listed <a href="https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Mutate" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>:</p>
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<p>The merged creature is the same creature it was before the merge</p>
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<p>So mutating it doesn’t have any effect on the delayed triggered ability that was set up.</p>

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GendoIkari
<p>I was wondering if I played <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wake%20to%20Slaughter">Wake to Slaughter</a> and then mutated on top of that card, would the creature still be exiled at the end step?</p>

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If I mutate onto a creature that will be exiled later, will it still be exiled?
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# If I mutate onto a creature that will be exiled later, will it still be exiled?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-27)

I was wondering if I played [Wake to Slaughter](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wake%20to%20Slaughter) and then mutated on top of that card, would the creature still be exiled at the end step?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-28. Score: 3

You will exile the merged creature at the end of turn, losing both the original creature and the mutate card you cast on it.

From the rulings listed [here](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Mutate):

> The merged creature is the same creature it was before the merge

So mutating it doesn’t have any effect on the delayed triggered ability that was set up.


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