Tidy Conclusion

• WWizards of the Coast2016-09-20
  Official Ruling
  The number of artifacts you control is counted only as Tidy Conclusion resolves, after the creature is destroyed. For example, if you destroy a Fairgrounds Warden that exiled your artifact creature, the artifact creature will return and then be counted when determining how many artifacts you control.
• WWizards of the Coast2016-09-20
  Official Ruling
  If the target creature becomes an illegal target before Tidy Conclusion resolves, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain any life.

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