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Does a creature I steal have summoning sickness?

Several community members give the same answer in the forum threads; no official ruling.

  • spoon · Community · 2021-03-15
  • Argus Panoptes · Community · 2021-08-05
  • Ditocoaf · Community · 2021-08-05

Yes. What matters is how long you have controlled it, not how long it has been in play, so a stolen creature cannot attack or use tap abilities that turn unless it has haste. It also keeps its tapped or untapped state.

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