Vampirism on an opponent's creature
Asked by CamraMaan 3 years ago
I'm pondering using
Vampirism
in a
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
-based deck, and my curiosity is if my opponent happens to have an army of 1/1 creatures, can I enchant one of his other creatures with Vampirism and kill the army...?
Vampirism
is pretty straight forward on your own creature, but at least for myself, it gets confusing when it's on an opponent's creature... who draws the card? Does it get +1/+1 for each of my creatures or theirs? Whose creatures get -1/-1?
Thanks in advance!
(I forgot to mention it in my first response, but you also draw the card.)
February 14, 2021 11:45 a.m.
Sorry about the delayed thanks, but your help is always appreciated!
February 15, 2021 4:36 p.m.
Follow up question... say I put Vampirism on an opponent's creature, then I realize that was stupid, can I then choose to use Auratog to sacrifice Vampirism ? Can I sacrifice it even though it's not on my creature...? I'm now assuming I can, but I wouldn't have assumed so before... but it sounds like I control the aura in every way, so I should be able to sacrifice it too, no?
February 16, 2021 7:54 p.m.
Yes, it's a permanent you control, so you can do things like sacrificing it.
Polaris says... Accepted answer #1
It doesn't matter what the enchantment is attached to; you cast it, so you are the controller. "You" always refers to the controller of the effect, not the controller of the enchanted creature. Since you cast Vampirism, it will give the opponent's creature +1/+1 for each creature you control, and give each of your creatures -1/-1.
Also compare Cage of Hands, which uses this rule to let you pick it back up and recast it to lock down a different creature, Inevitable End, which gets around this by giving the ability to the creature (making your opponent the controller of the effect that's making them sacrifice things), and Captive Audience, which shows how an enchantment would have the caster not be the controller.
February 14, 2021 11:42 a.m.