Soul Ransom owner of Soul Ransom dies
Asked by Supersaulty 3 years ago
I Soul Ransom an opponent's creature. I now control his creature but I die... Where does that creature go?
When you lose the game, any control changing effects that give you control of an object end. As such, the creature will go back to whoever you stole it from.
Normally that will be its owner, but, if the creature is Player A’s, then Player B stole it, then you stole it from Player B, it would return to B, not A, when you died.
Here is the rule, with the part relevant to your question bolded.
800.4a When a player leaves the game, all objects (see rule 109) owned by that player leave the game and any effects which give that player control of any objects or players end. Then, if that player controlled any objects on the stack not represented by cards, those objects cease to exist. Then, if there are any objects still controlled by that player, those objects are exiled. This is not a state-based action. It happens as soon as the player leaves the game. If the player who left the game had priority at the time they left, priority passes to the next player in turn order who’s still in the game.
Edit: Ninja’d
October 3, 2020 8:33 p.m. Edited.
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Boza says... Accepted answer #1
Control of a creature is a timestamp - when the control effect ends, for whatever reason, control reverts back to the latest control effect that still applies.
So, if someone plays a creature, another player casts Mind Control on it, and yet another cast Soul Ransom afterwards, the third player will control the creature. If someone destroys Soul ransom, control will revert to the Mind COntrol player, and if both are destroyed at the same time, control will revert to the player who put the creature in play.
October 3, 2020 8:31 p.m.