Imagine four people are playing commander or some other chaos multiplayer format. The turn order is A, B, C, D.
Player A plays Ashcoat Bear, and ends the turn.
Player B plays Reflector Mage, and targets Player A's Ashcoat Bear with the ETB ability. The bear is returned to Player A's hand, and Player A cannot play cards named Ashcoat Bear until Player B's next turn. Player B ends the turn.
Player C kills Player B with Lava Axe. Player B is now out of the game.
Which of the following things is true:
- Player A can immediately replay Ashcoat Bear.
- Player A cannot play Ashcoat Bear until the place where Player B's turn would have been if Player B was still in the game. In other words, when Player C's next turn comes up, Player A can play Ashcoat Bear.
- Player A cannot play cards named Ashcoat Bear for the rest of the game, because Player B never gets a "next turn."
800.4i When a player leaves the game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that
player’s next turn or until a specific point in that turn will last until that turn would have begun.
They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely
So, player A will regain the ability to cast Ashcoat Bear when player B's next turn would have happened.
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Player A plays Ashcoat Bear, and ends the turn.
Player B plays Reflector Mage, and targets Player A's Ashcoat Bear with the ETB ability. The bear is returned to Player A's hand, and Player A cannot play cards named Ashcoat Bear until Player B's next turn. Player B ends the turn.
Player C kills Player B with Lava Axe. Player B is now out of the game.
Which of the following things is true:
- Player A can immediately replay Ashcoat Bear.
- Player A cannot play Ashcoat Bear until the place where Player B's turn would have been if Player B was still in the game. In other words, when Player C's next turn comes up, Player A can play Ashcoat Bear.
- Player A cannot play cards named Ashcoat Bear for the rest of the game, because Player B never gets a "next turn."
800.4i When a player leaves the game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that
player’s next turn or until a specific point in that turn will last until that turn would have begun.
They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely
So, player A will regain the ability to cast Ashcoat Bear when player B's next turn would have happened.