What counts as "under your control"?

Asked by Dabadoobop12 9 years ago

I was playing around with my Unleash the Abyss deck, and I came upon a combo I was curious about: Call to the Kindred + Xenograft . Would the cards in your deck count as "under your control"? If they do, you could theoretically play any creature from your deck no matter what the mana cost. Is this a viable tactic?

Jimhawk says... Accepted answer #1

You can control spells on the stack and permanents on the battlefield. You cannot control anything else.

The cards in your library are cards that you own, but you do not yet control them until they are permanents or spells.

September 25, 2014 11:52 p.m.

SimicPower says... #2

Also, Xenograft says "creatures you control". Cards are not actually creatures until they are on the battlefield. They are considered "creature cards" instead of "creatures".

And also, you do not control cards in your library.

September 26, 2014 1:44 a.m.

lemmingllama says... #3

The card you want is Conspiracy

September 26, 2014 8:29 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #4

Rules questions should be asked in the Q&A, which is linked in the header. I can't convert this thread to a Q&A question, so I'm moving it to BE.

September 26, 2014 9:10 a.m.