What happens to creatures I've stolen from graveyard when I die?
Asked by PanOtter 1 year ago
For example, someone uses Captain N'ghathrod to take someone's creature after they've milled. The Captain player is knocked out of the game - where do the stolen creatures go? Do they go to their owners graveyard or are they exiled? This has probably been asked but I was having a hard time finding it. I know after a "gain control of target" has those cards go back to the equivalent zones.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
PanOtter: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
Delphen7 says... Accepted answer #1
This rule deals with when a player leaves the game:
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. ..."
When N'ghathrod player dies all of their cards leave the game (After all, they probably want to take their cards home with them). Their tokens disappear, and their effects end.
Now they still have a pile of cards in front of them that they don't own, in this case because they yoinked them. The bolded part of rule 800.4a says that all these cards get exiled.
TL;DR They get exiled
March 26, 2023 7:43 p.m.