<p>You can still turn a Manifested card face up even if it would lose all abilities from a card like Humility.</p>

<p>This is actually called out explicitly in a ruling on Manifest cards:</p>

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  <p>Unlike a face-down creature that was cast using the morph ability, a manifested creature may still be turned face up after it loses its abilities if it’s a creature card. (2014-11-24)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is because the thing that lets you turn a Manifested card face-up is not an ability on the card itself that it would lose. Instead, the thing that lets you turn a Manifested card face-up is <a href="https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Manifest#Rules" rel="noreferrer">the Manifest rules themselves</a>, which just say you can turn it face-up for its mana cost any time you have priority.</p>

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2020-03-04T10:07:09.937Z
The answer is obviously very good; but there are several details which have been underestimated here, and should be rediscussed. For this, in my opinion there are many more details in the duplicate question "Why can a manifested creature be turned face up if it loses all it's abilities but a morphed card can't? [Duplicate]", especially in the comments at the bottom of the post.
ManoFromBerlin
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Otherwise, it is not clear how a 2/2 vanilla may "lose all its abilities": how can it do it, if it is true that a vanilla has no abilities by definition? It is clear that something here is missing; there are precise connections, which are unclear here, between the moment a card loses its abilities, and the moment it is unmorphed.
ManoFromBerlin
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doppelgreener
<p>Related to <a href="https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/44745/does-humility-stop-all-creatures-from-being-able-to-morph">Does Humility stop all creatures from being able to morph?</a>: The question specifies morphs, but I wondered if this was true for Manifest as well? As Manifest is not an ability on the card, does <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHumility%5d">Humility</a> prevent it from being turned face up for its mana cost?</p>

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Does Humility prevent Manifested creatures from being turned face-up?
Soulus101
# Does Humility prevent Manifested creatures from being turned face-up?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-23)

Related to [Does Humility stop all creatures from being able to morph?](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/44745/does-humility-stop-all-creatures-from-being-able-to-morph): The question specifies morphs, but I wondered if this was true for Manifest as well? As Manifest is not an ability on the card, does [Humility](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHumility%5d) prevent it from being turned face up for its mana cost?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-23. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

You can still turn a Manifested card face up even if it would lose all abilities from a card like Humility.

This is actually called out explicitly in a ruling on Manifest cards:

> Unlike a face-down creature that was cast using the morph ability, a manifested creature may still be turned face up after it loses its abilities if it’s a creature card. (2014-11-24)

This is because the thing that lets you turn a Manifested card face-up is not an ability on the card itself that it would lose. Instead, the thing that lets you turn a Manifested card face-up is [the Manifest rules themselves](https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Manifest#Rules), which just say you can turn it face-up for its mana cost any time you have priority.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The answer is obviously very good; but there are several details which have been underestimated here, and should be rediscussed. For this, in my opinion there are many more details in the duplicate question "Why can a manifested creature be turned face up if it loses all it's abilities but a morphed card can't? [Duplicate]", especially in the comments at the bottom of the post.  
> **username_2**: Otherwise, it is not clear how a 2/2 vanilla may "lose all its abilities": how can it do it, if it is true that a vanilla has no abilities by definition? It is clear that something here is missing; there are precise connections, which are unclear here, between the moment a card loses its abilities, and the moment it is unmorphed.  

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