When Hostage Taker exiles a creature then subsequently leaves the battlefield,
does the exiled creature return to its previous controller or to its original owner?
610.3. Some one-shot effects cause an object to change zones “until” a specified event occurs. A second one-shot effect is created immediately after the specified event. This second one-shot effect returns the object to its previous zone.
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610.3b An object returned to the battlefield this way returns under its owner’s control unless otherwise specified.
So the card returns to the battlefield under its owner's control.
610.3. Some one-shot effects cause an object to change zones “until” a specified event occurs. A second one-shot effect is created immediately after the specified event. This second one-shot effect returns the object to its previous zone.
610.3b An object returned to the battlefield this way returns under its owner’s control unless otherwise specified.
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does the exiled creature return to its previous controller or to its original owner?
So the card returns to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.