Otrimi mutate and commander damage

Asked by tef3ri 4 years ago

What happens if otrimi mutates under a creature and then that creature hits a player? Is that commander damage? If it is, is that creature now my commander in addition to otrimi?

Tylord2894 says... Accepted answer #1

If your commander is somewhere in a pile of mutations, that pile is still your commander.

903.3c: If a player’s commander is a component of a merged permanent, the resulting merged permanent is that player’s commander.

April 21, 2020 8:08 p.m.

tef3ri says... #2

So if that pile then dies do they all go to the command zone?

April 21, 2020 8:09 p.m.

Yesterday says... #3

The 'commanderness' is a quality of the card itself. Your specific commander card can be anywhere in a mutated creature's pile of cards, and that creature will qualify as your commander. So you'll be able to cast spells like Deadly Rollick for free, and commander damage will be tracked.

The individual cards separate and become different objects as soon as they leave the battlefield, and each card individually goes to wherever it would normally go. The exception is that for your commander card (which is now separate from whatever mutations it had), you may apply the replacement effect of putting it into your command zone.

April 21, 2020 8:14 p.m.

Tylord2894 says... #4

tef3ri, if you're commander (even if it's a mutation) would die, you can put your commander card in the command zone. The rest of the cards go wherever they're supposed to. Importantly, putting your commander into the command zone is a replacement effect. So, if your commander card is the topmost card in a mutation and it would die, choosing to put your commander in the command zone means nothing died. But, only if your commander is the topmost card in the mutation pile.

I hope that clears things up.

April 21, 2020 8:24 p.m.

tef3ri says... #5

Thanks!

April 21, 2020 8:34 p.m.

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