Act of Treason on Exerted Creature?
Asked by RedmundR2 6 years ago
Howdy all,
Had a game where I Act of Treason'd a Champion of Rhonas, and I then exerted it to get my own creature out for free. Does it stay exerted when it goes back to my opponent? Am I able to exert? I was playing a friend who only plays standard and is new, and I only play modern so I had no idea how that worked. Pretty sure I played it right tho
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
A creature with an exert ability can be exerted any time it attacks, no matter who's doing it. You're allowed to exert the Champion of Rhonas you took from your opponent with Act of Treason.
If you do exert the Champion in this example, it would only stay tapped during your opponent's untap step if your opponent had exerted it on their previous turn. Note that the reminder text after the Champion's exert ability says "An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step". The Comprehensive Rules entry for Exert is more specific:
701.37a To exert a permanent, you choose to have it not untap during your next untap step.
Anything that says "you" or "your" is talking to an object's current controller, and you controlled Champion of Rhonas when it was exerted during your turn. It won't affect whether or not it untaps during your opponent's next untap step.
June 4, 2017 8:29 p.m.
chosenone124 says... #3
Hey Rhadamanthus, if the controller of the exerted creature has a Seedborn Muse, would the exerted creature be able to untap during the untap step of the opponent who exerted it?
Relevant ruling: Other effects can prevent a permanent from untapping during an untap step. You do need to look carefully, however, as many effects say that the permanent does not untap during its controllers untap step, and this cards ability occurs during other players untap steps. If a card does say this, then Seedborn Muse can untap it. But some other abilities are not written this way and can still prevent a card from untapping.
I just wanna make sure I'm understanding you correctly.
June 5, 2017 12:10 a.m. Edited.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
The exerted creature still won't untap during the solarPULSAR's turn if its owner also controls a Seedborn Muse. "Can't" / "don't" / "won't" effects always win in situations with conflicting instructions, and in this case applying the Exert effect means the creature doesn't untap during solarPULSAR's untap step.
cklise says... #1
Simply put, yes, to all of your questions. You may exert a stolen creature, and it will still be considered to be exerted when it returns to an opponent's control.
June 4, 2017 6:45 p.m.