Aura Enchantment Control and Effect

Asked by Bakayarro 8 years ago

Lets say I take control of my opponents creature with Act of Treason and enchant it with Demonic Appetite. I proceed to attack with the enchanted creature, the turn ends, and the enchanted creature goes back to my opponents control. Does my opponent have to fulfill the sacrifice requirement for Demonic Appetite or do I?

Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #1

Neither happen. If you'll notice, Demonic Appetite says "enchant creature you control". You could look at this like the enchantment is constantly checking: "do you control this creature?" Over and over again. The moment you lose control at the end of the then and state based actions are checked, the enchantment falls off and goes to your graveyard because its target is no longer legal.

Check the Gatherer rulings for this card:

"If another player either gains control of Demonic Appetite or the enchanted creature, (but not both), Demonic Appetite will be enchanting an illegal permanent. The aura will be put into its owner's graveyard as a state based action."

October 4, 2015 12:34 p.m.

Bakayarro says... #2

Ok that makes sense and it will still work for my deck.. not as potent as passing off the appetite like I was hoping to do, but I'm not stuck with it either. Thanks!

October 4, 2015 12:50 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

Note that an Aura permanent doesn't target anything. The Aura falls off because the object it's enchanting is no longer a legal choice per the Aura's "Enchant [object]" ability, not because the object is an illegal target.

Auras only target while they are spells.

October 4, 2015 1:11 p.m.

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