Am I right in thinking that using my Soul of Shandalar's ability in my graveyard will not trigger my opponent's Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker, because the source of damage is a card that was in a graveyard, which thus has no controller?
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Michiko Konda's ability checks who a source's controller is, so if a card has no controller (such as a card in a graveyard), its owner is used instead (C.R. 108.4a). Therefore, the ability will trigger when a card in an opponent's graveyard deals damage to Michiko Konda's controller.
Michiko Konda's ability checks who a source's controller is, so if a card has no controller (such as a card in a graveyard), its owner is used instead (C.R. 108.4a). Therefore, the ability will trigger when a card in an opponent's graveyard deals damage to Michiko's controller.
Interesting, I didn't know about 108.4a, looks like a rule which doesn't come up often, but if there was ever a case for it, that would be it. Thanks.
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Soul of Shandalar and Michiko Konda