Can Admiral Beckett Brass directly steal an aura?

Asked by ArmchairRuler 1 year ago

If player A has for example an Elvish Mystic enchanted with Aspect of Mongoose it should be un-targetable by Admiral Beckett Brass (Controlled by Player B) the way I understand it, but what about the aura itself? Would the Aura go immediately the Player A's graveyard then back to hand or could Player B attach it to a creature they control?

Delphen7 says... Accepted answer #1

Auras are a legal target for spells and abilities, unless otherwise specified by an effect (like hexproof on the aura itself).

In this case, you'll gain control of Aspect of Mongoose, and it'll stay where it is. Now when the game looks at Mongoose, it'll see that it's enchanted to a creature, and nothing will happen. It'll stay attached, and you will still be unable to target the elf.

This next section is just extra information about other cases

1) Some auras, like Aspect of Lamprey, say "enchant creature you control". When Becket gains control of it, the game will see that you control an aura that wants to be attached to a creature you control. When it looks at the creature it'll see that you don't control it, and so that aura will fall off and go to the graveyard (because it's illegally attached).

2) If an enchantment says "enchanted creature has hexproof". When you gain control of that aura, the game will still give the enchanted creature hexproof. Hexproof says "Can't be target of spells or abilities opponents control". Since you are an opponent of the controller of the creature, you will still be unable to target the creature.

3) There are a few cases where an aura has something similar to hexproof, but not quite. The one off the top of my head is Shielding Plax. This gives essentially hexproof, but it's based off the enchantment's controller, not the controller of the creature. Since you are the controller, you can now target the enchanted creature.

This was a lot, but I hope it was helpful

July 11, 2022 10:19 p.m.

ArmchairRuler says... #2

I hadn't even considered that the Aura could change possession but remain attached to the same creature! Thank you for the clarification.

July 12, 2022 12:44 p.m.

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