How do activated abilities interact with exchanging control?
Asked by Redace878 8 years ago
Say I have a Zedruu the Greathearted and a Cliffside Lookout. I activate Cliffside Lookout's ability, and while the ability is still on the stack, I activate Zedruu's ability (targeting Cliffside Lookout.) Would my creatures get +1/+1, or would my opponents creatures get +1/+1? I would also like to know if the scenario is the same for things like Oracle of Nectars.
Muskelkater says... #2
Follow up question with the following setup:
Player 1 activates Heartless Hidetsugu who has lifelink (because of an earlier effect like the triggered ability of Atraxa's Skitterfang). After the ability of hidetsugu is on the stack player 2 responds with Word of Seizing taking control of Hidetsugu before the ability resolves.
Who will gain the life from Hidetsugos lifelink?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Abilities and their sources are separate objects. Changing control of or removing the source of an ability does not change control of or remove the ability from the stack. "You" in the text of an ability refers to the controller of the ability, which may not necessarily be the controller of its source.
May 19, 2017 9:55 p.m.