Abilities on creature that dies under someone else's control

Asked by davesol 9 years ago

Suppose I have a card such as Worldspine Wurm that has "When Worldspine Wurm dies, put three 5/5 green Wurm creature tokens with trample onto the battlefield.". Another player takes control of this creature and attacks me with it and I kill it. I know that the card will go into my graveyard (and then be shuffled into my library) as I am the owner but who gets the three tokens? Is it me because I own the creature and it's going into my graveyard or is it the opponent because they controlled the creature when it died?

Thanks

Sam_I_am says... Accepted answer #1

Your opponent will get the tokens because he controlled it

December 12, 2014 12:11 p.m.

Sam_I_am says... #2

109.5. The words you and your on an object refer to the objects controller, its would-be controller (if a player is attempting to play, cast, or activate it), or its owner (if it has no controller). For a static ability, this is the current controller of the object its on. For an activated ability, this is the player who activated the ability. For a triggered ability, this is the controller of the object when the ability triggered, unless its a delayed triggered ability. To determine the controller of a delayed triggered ability, see rules 603.7df.

603.6d Normally, objects that exist immediately after an event are checked to see if the event matched any trigger conditions. Continuous effects that exist at that time are used to determine what the trigger conditions are and what the objects involved in the event look like. However, some triggered abilities must be treated specially. Leaves-the-battlefield abilities, abilities that trigger when a permanent phases out, abilities that trigger when an object that all players can see is put into a hand or library, abilities that trigger specifically when an object becomes unattached, abilities that trigger when a player loses control of an object, and abilities that trigger when a player planeswalks away from a plane will trigger based on their existence, and the appearance of objects, prior to the event rather than afterward. The game has to look back in time to determine if these abilities trigger.

December 12, 2014 12:18 p.m.