Mindslaver Stacking

[StarOrc]

I was in a situation in a tournement this past weekend which brought up an interesting question about Mindslaver.

I cast my Mindslaver and my opponent... instead of letting them die responded by activating Slaver targeting me, once my Slaver resolve can I then activate Slaver targeting myself in order to steal my turn back?

This sounded resonable to me but I'm not sure...



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[Jacob Orlove]

You can. It's like using Control Magic to steal a creature taken by their Control Magic. Except instead of fighting over control of a creature, you're fighting over control of your next turn. As always, the most recent control effect (in this case, your mindslaver) "wins".

[Zelc]

EDIT: Whoops  I forgot you could target yourself with Mindslaver.

Now if you had targeted your opponent, you'd take control of your opponent's next turn, and then your opponent would take control of your next turn.

[Jebus]

Wait... I don't think so.  Mindslaver allows you to take control of target player's next turn.  Therefore, if both players resolve a Mindslaver effect, you'd take control of your opponent's next turn, and then your opponent would take control of your next turn.

Not if you target yourself.  Please read the question.

[rvs]

Wait... I don't think so.  Mindslaver allows you to take control of target player's next turn.  Therefore, if both players resolve a Mindslaver effect, you'd take control of your opponent's next turn, and then your opponent would take control of your next turn.

Not if you target yourself.  Please read the question.

After RTFM, RTFC we now get RTFQ. So good.

[Smmenen]

Mindslaver is a legendary artifact.  You can't have two in play at the same time.  So no you can't.

As soon as the other one is announced, they both die.

[DEA]

why would it die upon announcement?
it hasn't even resolved yet
it works for tolarian because you can't respond to a land drop, but mindslaver, yes, because the mindslaver can be popped in response to the actual playing of another mindslaver

[Aeneas]

The legend rule shouldn't apply until the second Mindslaver has resolved.  

The Legend Rule said:

420.5e If two or more permanents with the same name have the supertype legendary, all are put into their owners' graveyards.  This is called the "legend rule."  If only one of those permanents is legendary, this rule doesn't apply.

The second Mindslaver would have been a spell, and not a permanent, until it resolved.  At that point, if there are two legendary permanents in play with the name Mindslaver, they both go to their owners' graveyards as a state based effect.