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Taint that power!

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Power Taint

{1}{U}

Enchantment — Aura

Urza's Saga

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Enchant enchantment At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

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Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 12:59 am

Superbrage
Posts: 40
Joined: 13-Jan-10

Round 3: Paradox Haze on opponent.

Round 4:  Power Taint, and Power Taint on Paradox Haze
Start of opponents turn he pays 8 or lose 8 life.
Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 9:09am

Zark-the-Damned
Posts: 523
Joined: 24-Feb-10

Afraid this is a nonbo. Even though the Haze is enchanting your opponent, you are still the controller of it and will have to pay for the Taints yourself.

You will have to add Donate or Bazaar Trader (or similar) to give control of the enchantment to another player.
Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 10:12am

GenericNode
Posts: 40
Joined: 24-Dec-09




[Edited by GenericNode on 24/Feb/10 at 10:16AM]
Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 10:17am

Zark-the-Damned
Posts: 523
Joined: 24-Feb-10

[this was in response to a rules query subsequently deleted]

I don't have the comp rules to hand to give a rules reference, but by default the controller of a spell or permanent is the player that played it.

Since you played the Paradox Haze, you are it's controller. It doesn't matter that you played it targeting another player, or that it is enchanting them.

Power Taint only cares about the controller of the enchantment it is attached to, not what that enchantment is attached to.

[Edited by Zark-the-Damned on 24/Feb/10 at 10:18AM]
Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 10:23am

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

Zark is right.  The rule in question is...

<P class=CR1001 style=""MARGIN: " 30pt\? 0pt 0in>303.2. When an enchantment spell resolves, its controller puts it onto the battlefield under his or her control.

you control the haze and the taint, you pay the cost
Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 10:23am

GenericNode
Posts: 40
Joined: 24-Dec-09

Yeah. I misread the "Enchant player". He would still own it, thus making the enchant enchantment also under his control. No go on this combo.
Date Posted: Wed Feb/24/10 at 10:38am

Zark-the-Damned
Posts: 523
Joined: 24-Feb-10

Still, that's what Donate is for!
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 1:01am

Superbrage
Posts: 40
Joined: 13-Jan-10

Ok, so i can play haze on my opponent(he gets the xtra upkeep, but i still control the enchantment), but i have to target a enchantment he played whit power taint if i want i to target him? 
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 1:03am

Superbrage
Posts: 40
Joined: 13-Jan-10

*it
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 3:18am

Zark-the-Damned
Posts: 523
Joined: 24-Feb-10

Correct - if you want your opponent to take the damage/pay the mana, you must either enchant one of their enchantments with Power Taint, or donate an enchantment of your own to them (either way, ensuring that they control an enchantment for you to put Power Taint on)).
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 7:50am

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

This could work really well with enchanted evening.




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