If a creature is stolen twice and the most recent effect ends, does the previous one take effect again?
Asked by Yesterday 5 years ago
I just stole a creature from Player A with Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, and Player B stole it from me with Cytoplast Manipulator.
If Player B's Cytoplast dies, do I gain control of the creature again or does Player A?
Owner will still refer to the person who brought the card to the game, but as your effect has no limit to it's duration it will only end when the creature dies (at which point it goes to it's owner's graveyard), or you leave the game (at which point it goes to it's previous controller, in this case it's owner). If someone else uses an effect without a limited duration to steal it, you most likely will not get the creature again, but if that player leaves the game, the game still remembers you had it.
ClockworkSwordfish says... Accepted answer #1
In this case, you would gain control again. The Manipulator's control is temporary, meaning as soon as it's over, the stolen creature is returned to its previous controller. Nicol Bolas's theft is permanent - for all intents and purposes, any game effect that ask views you as the creature's controller (if not its owner.) The Manipulator will thus remember that you were the previous controller, and pass the stolen creature back to you when it leaves play.
May 27, 2018 6:14 p.m. Edited.