Say there is a confusion in the ranks on the battlefield. I have a kiki jiki in play as well along with a llanowar elves. My opponent plays a creature, we'll say something simple like an Ornithopter. When the Ornithopter enters the battlefield confusion in the ranks will trigger and they choose Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to exchange control. With that on the stack I choose to use Kiki Jiki to make a copy of the llanowar elf. When the elf copy enters the battlefield it will trigger the confusion in the ranks and I choose to exchange control of the elf for the Ornithopter since it is already on the battlefield. The stack starts to resolve and the elf token is exchanged for the Ornithopter. At this point my opponent would control my elf token and I would control their Ornithopter and still have control of Kiki Jiki. However the trigger for the Ornithopter entering the battlefield is still on the stack with Kiki Jiki as the target.
My question is, since I now control the Ornithopter, would my opponent's confusion in the ranks trigger for the Ornithopter entering the battlefield still grant them control of Kiki Jiki? Or because they no longer control the Ornithopter and therefore do not have the Ornithopter to exchange for Kiki Jiki would I retain control of Kiki Jiki?
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You would retain control of Kiki Jiki. Whoever controls the Ornithoptor at the time of resolution is who exchanges control with the targetted permanent and since you control both no exchange happens.
701.10b When control of two permanents is exchanged, if those permanents are controlled by
different players, each of those players simultaneously gains control of the permanent that was
controlled by the other player. If, on the other hand, those permanents are controlled by the
same player, the exchange effect does nothing.
So the trigger will resolve, since its target is still legal (" target permanent another player controls"), but the exchange will do nothing as both permanents are controlled by the same player at that time.
Say there is a confusion in the ranks on the battlefield. I have a kiki jiki in play as well along with a llanowar elves. My opponent plays a creature, we'll say something simple like an Ornithopter. When the Ornithopter enters the battlefield confusion in the ranks will trigger and they choose Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to exchange control. With that on the stack I choose to use Kiki Jiki to make a copy of the llanowar elf. When the elf copy enters the battlefield it will trigger the confusion in the ranks and I choose to exchange control of the elf for the Ornithopter since it is already on the battlefield. The stack starts to resolve and the elf token is exchanged for the Ornithopter. At this point my opponent would control my elf token and I would control their Ornithopter and still have control of Kiki Jiki. However the trigger for the Ornithopter entering the battlefield is still on the stack with Kiki Jiki as the target.
My question is, since I now control the Ornithopter, would my opponent's confusion in the ranks trigger for the Ornithopter entering the battlefield still grant them control of Kiki Jiki? Or because they no longer control the Ornithopter and therefore do not have the Ornithopter to exchange for Kiki Jiki would I retain control of Kiki Jiki?
Thank you very much!
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So the trigger will resolve, since its target is still legal (" target permanent another player controls"), but the exchange will do nothing as both permanents are controlled by the same player at that time.
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