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Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

July 23, 2016 11:10:48 PM

Akihiro Hara
Judge (Level 3 (International Judge Program))

Japan

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

Nice to meet you!

The situation is a Player(=NAP) is controlled by another player(=AP) by the ability (ex:“Mindslaver”,“Emrakul, the Promised End”…).

In this situation, if players missed a triggered ability which is “NAP draw a card” controlled by NAP, whom does Judge give a penalty, and which is penalty Warning or None ?

On the other hand is it “AP draw a card” controlled by NAP ?

I think AP is controller of NAP, is not controller of trigger abilities NAP has.

July 24, 2016 12:09:50 AM

Robert Forrest
Judge (Uncertified)

USA - South Central

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

CR712.3 Only control of the player changes. All objects are controlled by their normal controllers.

So yes, controlling another player does not make you the controller of their permanents or their triggered abilities.

IPG 2.1 (Excerpt) Even if an opponent is involved in the announcement or resolution of the ability, the controller is still responsible for ensuring the opponents make the appropriate choices and take the appropriate actions. Opponents are not required to point out triggered abilities that they do not control, though they may do so if they wish.

In your example, because the triggered ability is controlled by “NAP,” NAP would have committed the infraction, and would receive no penalty.

July 24, 2016 01:37:31 AM

Akihiro Hara
Judge (Level 3 (International Judge Program))

Japan

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

Thank you Robert !!

I posted this question because I want to check my thinking is colect.
This purpose has been archived.

July 24, 2016 02:30:16 AM

Mark Mc Govern
Judge (Level 2 (International Judge Program))

United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

FYI there's a rules Q&A section on the forum which is better suited. Competitive REL is aimed more at discussion topics ;)

July 24, 2016 09:36:41 AM

Isaac King
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Foundry))

Barriere, British Columbia, Canada

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

Philosophy-wise, does it really make sense for NAP to still be responsible for his own triggers when being controlled by AP? Often when a player is being controlled, they let the opponent take all the physical actions required, and pay less attention to the game state as a consequence. This means that AP would be able to intentionally “miss” triggers that, in practice, he is in control of. Would it be reasonable to make players responsible for any triggers controlled by a player they control?

July 24, 2016 01:10:05 PM

Gilles Demarle
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Academy))

France

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

You can't assume that AP (here) knows exactly how how the cards of NAP work and how things would trigger exactly etc. And paying less attention is definitly not something that i would consider as “normal” when being mindlsaved, on the contrary (and intentionally missing a trigger in order to gain an advantage, knowing that's it's illegal is a good way to be DQ).

July 25, 2016 06:25:17 AM

Mark Brown
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 2 (Oceanic Judge Association)), Scorekeeper

Australia and New Zealand

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

When players ask me about Mindslaver type effects and trigger responsibilities I point out that controlling another player's turn is basically the controlling player A makes all the decisions for that turn, but it's still the player B's turn so Player B is responsible for remembering the triggers just that Player A makes any decisions for the triggers.

712.3 Only control of the player changes. All objects are controlled by their normal controllers. A player who’s being controlled during his or her turn is still the active player.

712.5 While controlling another player, a player makes all choices and decisions the controlled player is allowed to make or is told to make by the rules or by any objects. This includes choices and decisions about what to play, and choices and decisions called for by spells and abilities.

I don't believe that the Missed Trigger philosophy should change because players decide to ignore their own turn because it's being controlled by their opponent.

July 25, 2016 06:59:00 PM

Scott Marshall
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 4 (Judge Foundry)), Hall of Fame

USA - Southwest

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

This has come up before.
And something very similar, as well.

And just as I said in each of those - well, I'll shorten it, this time: Mark Brown is correct.

d:^D

July 28, 2016 05:53:34 AM

Eli Meyer
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Foundry))

USA - Northeast

Who is controller of triggerd abillity when a player is controled by another player ?

Question has been asked and answered but I want to point out one more key element of policy. The philosophy of Missed Triggers says as follows: “Players may not cause triggered abilities controlled by an opponent to be missed by taking game actions or otherwise prematurely advancing the game.” The active player deserves a reasonable amount of time to remember triggers, and we should remind players who try to rush past opponents' triggers that we discourage such behavior.
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