Hello all. I'm completely new to MTG, but the realm of Ikoria is so cool and fabulous that I was immediately drawn to playing for its own sake! This has led me to wanting to use Kaheera, the Orphanguard as my companion, but I wanted to know a couple things about her first.
1) I understand that Kaheera will stop being my Companion as soon as I place her in my hand or onto the field. But is there any way to make her my companion again afterward?
2) When Kaheera is my companion, will my opponent be able to destroy her while she's not on the field?
3) And finally, when my Companion Kaheera has been destroyed while she is on the field, does she still go into the discard pile, or does she get put somewhere else upon her destruction?
Sorry for the noobish questions. I promise not to spam this place with it lol. Appreciation to anyone and everyone who answers.
If you declare a companion, it's outside the game until you pay 3 to bring it into your hand. It's not on the battlefield or any other game zone, so no cards from your opponents can reach it, but it also does nothing for you yet. Once you put it in your hand, from there, it's in the game and it behaves as though it came from your deck. It goes to the graveyard or exile normally, etc. It won't be able to return outside the game until the game is over. The companion mechanic often gets compared to the commander mechanic, which uses the command zone and allows commanders to return to it and be cast multiple times, but companion is different, it doesn't use a special zone and it's much more limited.
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1) I understand that Kaheera will stop being my Companion as soon as I place her in my hand or onto the field. But is there any way to make her my companion again afterward?
2) When Kaheera is my companion, will my opponent be able to destroy her while she's not on the field?
3) And finally, when my Companion Kaheera has been destroyed while she is on the field, does she still go into the discard pile, or does she get put somewhere else upon her destruction?
Sorry for the noobish questions. I promise not to spam this place with it lol. Appreciation to anyone and everyone who answers.