Hey all, I was just trying to find out if your commander is in your hand, will you get the chance to put it into the command zone when memory jar is activated?
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Yes. Though not when it is activated, but after the ability has resolved, which is quite a time later. Namely, when state based actions are checked for the first time after the resolution of the Jars ability. This is a recent change to previous rules.
704.6d In a Commander game, if a commander is in a graveyard or in exile and that card was put into that zone since the last time state-based actions were checked, its owner may put it into the command zone. See rule 903, “Commander.”
Yes, whenever your commander changes zones you get the option of sending it to the command zone.
Not anymore. That now only applies to a commander that's being put into the hand or library.
903.9b If a commander would be put into its owner’s hand or library from anywhere, its owner may put it into the command zone instead. This replacement effect may apply more than once to the same event. This is an exception to rule 614.5.
So in this instance, as opposed to being in the deck and exiled facedown you have a choice to put it back since you have "knowledge" of your commander being in your hand when it's exiled face down?
So in this instance, as opposed to being in the deck and exiled facedown you have a choice to put it back since you have "knowledge" of your commander being in your hand when it's exiled face down?
Not quite. A commander that is somehow in your library that is then exiled face down can still be moved to the command zone. This is because the property of being a commander isn't a characteristic that can be obscured. It is a property of the card which can not be hidden. No matter where it is or what its current state is, it is a commander.
As an example. If your commander is in your library and your opponent manages to exile it face down without your knowledge through means of a card such as Praetor's Grasp. They are obligated to inform you that your commander has moved to exile and you may move it to the command zone.
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Not anymore. That now only applies to a commander that's being put into the hand or library.
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
As an example. If your commander is in your library and your opponent manages to exile it face down without your knowledge through means of a card such as Praetor's Grasp. They are obligated to inform you that your commander has moved to exile and you may move it to the command zone.
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