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What is the difference between a card's owner and its controller?

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

  • spoon · Community · 2021-06-11
  • Santiago · Community · 2021-06-11
  • Bulkoth · Community · 2021-06-11

The owner started the game with the card in their deck and never changes. The controller is whoever currently controls it and can change through effects like Control Magic. A token's owner is the player who created it.

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