1. All the revival effects that specify something additional about the revival are telling you what will happen to the card when it is back in play, treated as a new copy of that card with some modifications (e.g. ablaze and 3/5 and readied at the end of the turn). The last part is not a passive ability of the new
Phoenix Urigon but an effect that was done to it by another card, the original
Phoenix Urigon. BUT .....
2. You are right that the original PU is not in play any more so how can it have this delayed effect of readying? I think we have to EITHER:
a) accept that the returned card is aware of what it was previously to cause this effect (it's only ever going to happen when it brought itself back) and indeed we rely on this to do the other things like +1/+1 when it comes back
b) come up with a different way to word the effect we want
c) change the card to fit in with accepted rules about effects only working when the card is in play to provide that effect.
I think we could probably just say it is immediately readied if it's not the controller's turn. e.g. "When
Phoenix Urigon is killed while it is not ablaze, it returns to play set ablaze, with +1 base attack and +1 health (and it is readied if it wasn't your turn). When
Phoenix Urigon is ablaze, it has fire attack."
Acceptable?
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