Can ownership of a card change during gameplay?
Asked by AcryiA 4 years ago
I saw a video claiming that if you take an opponent's creature via a Threaten effect and enchant it with Gift of Immortality, that creature will return under your control instead of it's "owner's" when it dies (say it gets sacrificed to Brion Stoutarm).
I don't see how this works as Gift of Immortality specifies that the creature returns to it's owner regardless of who last controlled it.
The video may have been confusing Gift of Immortality with other auras that would do what they describe. Fool's Demise, for instance, does something similar, except it returns to the battlefield "under your control" instead of "it's owner's control." Journey to Eternity Flip and Unholy Indenture also function like that.
As mentioned, the owner of a card is set at the start of the game.
- 108.3. The owner of a card in the game is the player who started the game with it in their deck. If a card is brought into the game from outside the game rather than starting in a player’s deck, its owner is the player who brought it into the game. If a card starts the game in the command zone, its owner is the player who put it into the command zone to start the game. Legal ownership of a card in the game is irrelevant to the game rules except for the rules for ante. (See rule 407.)
March 29, 2020 4:11 p.m.
Thought as much. Nice idea though if anyone knows of a card combo that would do that.
Thanks for the input.
Raging_Squiggle says... #1
The owner of a card never changes in a game outside of Ante cards which are banned in all formats.
The creature will return under its owner’s control, not to whoever controlled it last (unless it was the owner), and Gift of Immortality will continue to enchant said creature after it returns as well.
March 29, 2020 1:26 p.m.