u/MysteriousWon

Pretty straightforward question that I haven't found a clear answer on.

Ephemerate lets you blink a creature. If Balemurk is cast for it's impending cost it says that it isn't a creature while it has time counters on it.

My assumption was that this prevents it from being blinked with ephemerate.

However, does ephemerate care about Balemurk's status on the field or the literal type line on the card itself?

Basically, can I cast balemurk with impending then blink it to reenter immediately as a creature?

Thank you for any clarification.

Here's the scenario:

[[Guardian, Scalelored]] - stats 4/5 in this case - is declared an attacker (alone) triggering its ability to return a nonland permanent to the battlefield.

[[Squall, SeeD Mercenary]] was chosen and brought to the battlefield. Now, because this is all happening in the declare attackers step, since Scalelord attacked alone, does it get the benefit of double strike from Squall or did Squall need to be on the field at the moment of attack declaration to grant that keyword?

Thank you for any clarification!