Akshan, Mischievous
Your opponent plays their own Akshan and steals back the gear you took with your Akshan. What happens when one or both Akshans die?
Whichever Akshan was played most recently determines control of the gear for as long as it remains on the board.
Both Akshans generate a continuous effect that changes the gear's controller — an inherent trait of every game object.[472.1][472.1.a] Since both effects operate in the same layer and neither depends on the other,[473] they are ordered by timestamp: the earliest-established effect applies first, and the most recently established effect applies last, winning out.[475][475.3] Your opponent's Akshan was played after yours, so it carries the later timestamp — its control effect is the final one applied, and your opponent controls the gear.
When an Akshan leaves the board, its "until I leave the board" duration ends and its control effect ceases immediately. The remaining effects are then re-evaluated in timestamp order:
- Your opponent's Akshan dies: their effect ceases. Only your Akshan's effect remains, giving you control of the gear.
- Your Akshan dies: your effect ceases. Your opponent's Akshan's effect was already the deciding one — they continue to control the gear unchanged.
- Both Akshans die: both effects cease. Control reverts to your opponent, since it was their gear to begin with. If the gear is unattached and now finds itself in a base it doesn't belong to, it will be recalled to your opponent's base during the next cleanup.
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