Who is effected by Sigil of Sleep
Asked by tsreynolds 12 years ago
My friend and I were playing with the two decks found in the Koth v. Venser decks and were wondering which creature cards would be effected. Mine or his. In this instance he was the owner of the card.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
The text on a card is always talking to it's current controller. In your example, your friend controls Sigil of Sleep while it's on the battlefield, since he's the one who played it. Because the Sigil's ability is written to trigger whenever the enchanted creature deals damage to any player (not just "an opponent"), it doesn't matter who controls the enchanted creature. Whenever that creature deals damage to a player, the ability will trigger, and your friend will choose a creature (any creature that's a legal target) to return to its owner's hand.
August 29, 2012 5:10 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
I clicked "post" before I finished my thought. abdulbaqr's answer has everything you need.
August 29, 2012 5:11 p.m.
linkofhyrule says... #4
abdulbaqr is correct. however, no matter which player's creature it's enchanting, the owner chooses the target creature to return to hand, as the enchantment(and it's ability) is under his/her control.
August 29, 2012 5:12 p.m.
but in this case only the player hit has any legal targets. "return target creature THAT player controls to it's owners hand." referring to the player that got hit.
August 29, 2012 5:12 p.m.
hehe sorry looks like we all hit post at the same time.
abdulbaqr says... Accepted answer #1
The player that picks up the creature is the same one that got hit by the creature with Sigil of Sleep on it. So you drop it on your creature, hit your opponent with it and force your opponent to pick up a creature. If for some reason you put it on your opponent's creature and they hit you with it, then you would pick up a creature you control.
August 29, 2012 5:09 p.m.