Does trapjaw return to owners control?

Asked by manbearpig01 5 years ago

I have Trapjaw Tyrant exile my creature an opponent controls. Then when trapjaw leaves play does the exiled creature return to its owners control or whom ever controlled it prior (in this case not the owner).

metalmagic says... Accepted answer #1

610.3. Some one-shot effects cause an object to change zones “until” a specified event occurs. A second one-shot effect is created immediately after the specified event. This second one-shot effect returns the object to its previous zone.

610.3a If the specified event has already occurred when the initial one-shot effect would cause the object to change zones, the object doesn’t move.

610.3b An object returned to the battlefield this way returns under its owner’s control unless otherwise specified.

In bold is the important part, but the other rules go with it. Since Trapjaw Tyrant does not specify where it returns to, it will default to its owner's control, not whoever was previously controlling it.

November 6, 2018 10:07 p.m.

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