Hello, and thanks for taking your time to read this question and request. Greatly appreciate you.
In order to not waste anymore time im going to skip the situation and go right to what the ruling may be.
If I was to use Tentative Connection on an opponents creature, and then mutate it, whether I mutate it over or under my opponents creature. Does the game recognize the card anymore in either fashion? Does it change regarding position?
The reason I ask, is because if you were to mutate on top of the creature that you took, it would no longer retain the name of that creature, it would only retain the ability. And i do not want to lose a major sealed event because of a mishap like this.
I hope I clearly identified my issue and question, and hope i didnt miss an obvious answer somewhere.
God bless!
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If I was to use Tentative Connection on an opponents creature, and then mutate it,
I'll assume it's a card you own that the opponent has somehow gained control of. Otherwise, you can't do this. (Although I don't see anything in your question for which the opponent's control/ownership would matter.)
702.139a Mutate appears on some creature cards. It represents a static ability that functions while
the spell with mutate is on the stack. “Mutate [cost]” means “You may pay [cost] rather than
pay this spell’s mana cost. If you do, it becomes a mutating creature spell and targets a non-
Human creature with the same owner as this spell.” Casting a spell using its mutate ability
follows the rules for paying alternative costs (see 601.2b and 601.2f–h).
whether I mutate it over or under my opponents creature. Does the game recognize the card anymore in either fashion? Does it change regarding position?
It's the same object that it was before. It just has different characteristics (such as the name if the new card was put on top).
702.139c As a mutating creature spell resolves, if its target is legal, it doesn’t enter the battlefield.
Rather, it merges with the target creature and becomes one object represented by more than one
card or token (see rule 721, “Merging with Permanents”). The spell’s controller chooses
whether the spell is put on top of the creature or on the bottom. The resulting permanent is a
mutated permanent.
721.2. To merge an object with a permanent, place that object on top of or under that permanent. That
permanent becomes a merged permanent represented by the card that represented that object in
addition to any other components that were representing it.
721.2c Because a merged permanent is the same object that it was before, it hasn’t just come under
a player’s control, any continuous effects that affected it continue to do so, and so on.
In order to not waste anymore time im going to skip the situation and go right to what the ruling may be.
If I was to use Tentative Connection on an opponents creature, and then mutate it, whether I mutate it over or under my opponents creature. Does the game recognize the card anymore in either fashion? Does it change regarding position?
The reason I ask, is because if you were to mutate on top of the creature that you took, it would no longer retain the name of that creature, it would only retain the ability. And i do not want to lose a major sealed event because of a mishap like this.
I hope I clearly identified my issue and question, and hope i didnt miss an obvious answer somewhere.
God bless!
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-MadMage
I'll assume it's a card you own that the opponent has somehow gained control of. Otherwise, you can't do this. (Although I don't see anything in your question for which the opponent's control/ownership would matter.)
It's the same object that it was before. It just has different characteristics (such as the name if the new card was put on top).