Does control mean everything in your deck or just cards in play(Graveyard,hand,exile, etc.)?

Asked by FrogTheToad 2 years ago

Can't find an answer anywhere, mostly due to the deck archetype of Control muddling the search results. I assume it's just cards that have been in play, and not your entire deck.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

A player can control permanents on the battlefield and spells/abilities on the stack. Objects in any other zone don't have a controller. They just have an owner (the player who brought them to the game).

If an effect refers to a particular permanent type/subtype, such as "creature", "elf", "equipment" etc. and doesn't also specifically say something like "card" or "spell" then it's only referring to an object of that type/subtype on the battlefield.

If you have a more specific question about a particular card or effect, feel free to respond with more details and we can work it out.

February 6, 2023 6:10 p.m.