Yes you can. It’s a triggered ability, so you can Stifle it. The creature will remain in the graveyard (and the Dead will remain attached to it, it just won’t really do very much).

Does Animate Dead Trigger?

If the creature put onto the battlefield has protection from black—or if the creature can’t legally be enchanted by Animate Dead for another reason—Animate Dead won’t be able to attach to it. It will be put into the graveyard as a state-based action, causing its delayed triggered ability to trigger.

Does Animate Dead trigger EtB?

If the creature put onto the battlefield through Animate Dead has any EtB-abilities or static abilities modifying the way they enter the battlefield, such triggers go off, and such abilities have effect. Animated Phyrexian Metamorph may have a creature chosen to copy.

Is animate dead good MTG?

Animate Dead was great but without the possibility of casting it in instant it’s less interesting. Do the same thing than Necromancy but you cannot use it in instant. Dance of the Dead was great but the untap think keep me cutting it everytime because 3 reanimate enchantment was a lot and this is the worst IMO.

How do you use animate dead 5e?

Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small Humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an Undead creature. The target becomes a Skeleton if you chose bones or a Zombie if you chose a corpse (the DM has the creature’s game statistics).

How do I protect my Worldgorger Dragon combo?

Play one, peek at an opponent’s hand, discard an answer if they have one. THEN proceed with combo. You are probably already running it, but having [[necromancy]] and [[animated dead]]/[[dance of the dead]] in hand gives the combo protection against on board graveyard hate like [[tormods crypt]].

How do you stop the animated Worldgorger dragon?

The only way to stop it is to meet the following criteria:

1. Counter the abilities or Animate Dead when it is a spell.
2. Remove Worldgorger Dragon in response to its ETB ability.
3. Have another creature in any graveyard.
4. Call a judge and ask what to do if the above cannot be met.

Can warlocks get animate dead?

Interestingly, the “Class feature variants” Unearthed arcana adds Animate Dead to the warlock list, so if that ever gets published, then this necromancer build will get significantly better.

What happens to enchanted creature in animate dead?

Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature’s controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

How does animate dead work in Magic The Gathering?

It enters the battlefield attached to that card. Then it returns that card to the battlefield, and attaches itself to the card again (since the card is a new object on the battlefield). Animate Dead itself never moves into a graveyard during this process.

What happens when animate dead enters the battlefield?

When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it’s on the battlefield, it loses “enchant creature card in a graveyard” and gains “enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead.” Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it.

Where does animate dead go in the graveyard?

Therefore, Animate Dead remains on the battlefield attached to a creature in a graveyard. Its static ability “Enchanted creature gets -1/-0” does nothing sicne it isn’t enchanting a creature (but a card in a graveyard).