essence drain and eternal servant

[drmambo23]

i played a game against a wizard today and he used essence drains on my brutes.  is it possible to reanimate the eternal servant that is destroyed during upkeep if i decide to not pay the upkeep cost.  i ask because i am not sure how summoning during the upkeep works? if so, it would negate the essence drain card, it is destroyed, and i can get the servant back.

any insight?

[ringkichard]

The brute dies and the enchantment falls off. You may pay the mana cost of the Brute for the Eternal Servant ability. If you do, the Brute is Reanimated, is placed in the zone face down with an action marker, and comes into play at the end of the round as normal for the Reanimate ability.

It's not a great way to save mana because Eternal Servant requires you to pay the mana cost of the Brute.

[jacksmack]

but with less expensive servants it could be alright because he is saving an action.

[drmambo23]

Awesome. Thanks guys. Yeah, i just wasnt sure if i could use the eternal.servant reanimate ability during upkeep.

And i.agree about using it.on a lesser zombie as opposed to a brute
But if i.was planning on just playing another brute that round, i could get rid of the essence drain, reanimate (since.i was planning on using that mana for another brute anyways) then play something else for less mana (minion with discount from ring.and/or spawnpoint or enchants)

Anyways, thanks again