Instant speed creature theft and equipment.

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Post by RxPhantom » 3 years ago

This came up in a game last night. Cards involved:
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Anyway, my opponent moved to equip the sword to one of his creatures, and I used Merieke to steal the creature with the equip ability on the stack. My question is this: does the sword still get equipped despite the creature being mine now? Side note, I understand that I don't actually control the sword, though.

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by tstorm823 » 3 years ago
The actual text on equip, from 702.6: "Equip [cost]" means "[Cost]: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."

If the target creature changes control with the ability on the stack, it is no longer "target creature you control", and is an invalid target, so the ability fizzles.
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Post by tstorm823 » 3 years ago

The actual text on equip, from 702.6: "Equip [cost]" means "[Cost]: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."

If the target creature changes control with the ability on the stack, it is no longer "target creature you control", and is an invalid target, so the ability fizzles.
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