<p>Yes, when Aetherling returns to the battlefield, it's considered a new permanent, so it enters the battlefield without remembering that it was tapped.</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 seven exceptions to this rule:</p>
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<p>(<em>none of the exceptions apply here</em>).</p>

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2013-05-20T19:11:54.470Z
Note that this _is_ still affected by effects that indicate how permanents enter the battlefield; if your opponent controls a card like Urabrask or Blind Obedience which says that 'creatures [your opponents control] enter the battlefield tapped' then Aetherling will enter play tapped when coming out of exile and not just when played from your hand.
Steven Stadnicki
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2013-05-19T18:58:18.963Z
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<p>Let's say I attack with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aetherling">Aetherling</a>. After it deals damage I blink it out. When it returns at my end step, does it come back untapped and ready to block?</p>

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Does an exiled Aetherling come back into play untapped?
Matt Swanson
# Does an exiled Aetherling come back into play untapped?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-19)

Let's say I attack with [Aetherling](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aetherling). After it deals damage I blink it out. When it returns at my end step, does it come back untapped and ready to block?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-19. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

Yes, when Aetherling returns to the battlefield, it's considered a new permanent, so it enters the battlefield without remembering that it was tapped.

> 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 seven exceptions to this rule:

(*none of the exceptions apply here*).

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Note that this _is_ still affected by effects that indicate how permanents enter the battlefield; if your opponent controls a card like Urabrask or Blind Obedience which says that 'creatures [your opponents control] enter the battlefield tapped' then Aetherling will enter play tapped when coming out of exile and not just when played from your hand.  

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