Ok I my opponent has had a creature on the battlefield for 2 turns, so it doesn't have summoning sickness, and on my turn I target it with mind control, and it resolves, I gain control of his creature, can I then enter combat and attack with that creature, or does it now have summoning sickness because it is under the a new controller. I was under the impression that as long as it never left the battlefield, it does not get summoning sickness just from changing controllers
Ok I my opponent has had a creature on the battlefield for 2 turns, so it doesn't have summoning sickness, and on my turn I target it with mind control, and it resolves, I gain control of his creature, can I then enter combat and attack with that creature, or does it now have summoning sickness because it is under the a new controller.
You won't be able to attack with the creature unless—
you controlled that creature continuously since the turn began (C.R. 302.6), or
the creature has haste (C.R. 702.10b).
As a result, you generally can't attack with that creature during the turn you gain control of it this way, unless the creature has haste.
Note that Mind Control doesn't grant haste to the enchanted creature (compare with Threaten or Frenzied Fugue).
I was under the impression that as long as it never left the battlefield, it does not get summoning sickness just from changing controllers
No, that's not correct in general. In general, if a creature without haste changes controllers (not just if it enters the battlefield), it won't be able to attack until the next turn during which a player controlled the creature continuously since the turn's beginning (C.R. 302.6, 702.10b).
Ok I my opponent has had a creature on the battlefield for 2 turns, so it doesn't have summoning sickness, and on my turn I target it with mind control, and it resolves, I gain control of his creature, can I then enter combat and attack with that creature, or does it now have summoning sickness because it is under the a new controller.
You won't be able to attack with the creature unless—
you controlled that creature continuously since the turn began (C.R. 302.6), or
the creature has haste (C.R. 702.10b).
As a result, you generally can't attack with that creature during the turn you gain control of it this way, unless the creature has haste.
Note that Mind Control doesn't grant haste to the enchanted creature (compare with Threaten or Frenzied Fugue).
I was under the impression that as long as it never left the battlefield, it does not get summoning sickness just from changing controllers
No, that's not correct in general. In general, if a creature without haste changes controllers (not just if it enters the battlefield), it won't be able to attack until the next turn during which a player controlled the creature continuously since the turn's beginning (C.R. 302.6, 702.10b).
I was just looking at rule 302.6 now and I thought to myself, 'That can't be right!' Why on earth would a creature basically get summoning sickness again just because it has changed controllers? I know that that's what the rule says, but it just doesn't make any sense! I'm curious to know how many people actually stick strictly to this rule.
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Note that Mind Control doesn't grant haste to the enchanted creature (compare with Threaten or Frenzied Fugue).
No, that's not correct in general. In general, if a creature without haste changes controllers (not just if it enters the battlefield), it won't be able to attack until the next turn during which a player controlled the creature continuously since the turn's beginning (C.R. 302.6, 702.10b).
I was just looking at rule 302.6 now and I thought to myself, 'That can't be right!' Why on earth would a creature basically get summoning sickness again just because it has changed controllers? I know that that's what the rule says, but it just doesn't make any sense! I'm curious to know how many people actually stick strictly to this rule.
Spam warning issued. You've revived a year-old concluded thread in order to voice an opinion, which isn't something we do here. We tell people what the rules are, not what we wish they'd be. I am locking this thread to avoid further discussion of this type. -MadMageQc