Question 1

Ruling for Tyrant's Familiar: If you gain control of a creature with a lieutenant ability owned by another pla...

Accepted Answer

If you gain control of a creature with a lieutenant ability owned by another player, that ability will check to see if you control your commander and will apply if you do. It won’t check whether its owner controls their commander.

Question 2

Ruling for Tyrant's Familiar: If you lose control of your commander, lieutenant abilities of creatures you con...

Accepted Answer

If you lose control of your commander, lieutenant abilities of creatures you control will immediately stop applying. If this causes a creature’s toughness to become less than or equal to the amount of damage marked on it, the creature will be destroyed.

Question 3

Ruling for Tyrant's Familiar: Lieutenant abilities refer only to whether you control your commander, not any o...

Accepted Answer

Lieutenant abilities refer only to whether you control your commander, not any other player’s commander.

Question 4

Ruling for Tyrant's Familiar: If a triggered ability granted by a lieutenant ability triggers, and in response...

Accepted Answer

If a triggered ability granted by a lieutenant ability triggers, and in response to that trigger you lose control of your commander (causing the lieutenant to lose that ability), that triggered ability will still resolve.

Question 5

Ruling for Tyrant's Familiar: Lieutenant abilities apply only if your commander is on the battlefield and unde...

Accepted Answer

Lieutenant abilities apply only if your commander is on the battlefield and under your control.

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Starter Commander Decks (SCD)	#165	rare	en	Todd Lockwood	$0.72	—
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2)	#125	rare	en	Todd Lockwood	$0.91	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#143	rare	en	Todd Lockwood	$0.79	—
Commander 2014 (C14)	#39	rare	en	Todd Lockwood	$0.77	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#143	rare	de	Todd Lockwood	—	—
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Commander 2017 (C17)	#143	rare	es	Todd Lockwood	—	—
Commander 2014 (C14)	#39	rare	es	Todd Lockwood	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#143	rare	fr	Todd Lockwood	—	—
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Commander 2017 (C17)	#143	rare	it	Todd Lockwood	—	—
Commander 2014 (C14)	#39	rare	it	Todd Lockwood	—	—
Commander 2017 (C17)	#143	rare	ja	Todd Lockwood	—	—
Commander 2014 (C14)	#39	rare	ja	Todd Lockwood	—	—
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Tyrant's Familiar

Tyrant's Familiar

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