<p>Your opponent never had control of <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment">Herald of Torment</a>. When he took your creature, he only took the creature; he did not take control of any auras (or equipment) attached to it. So in this case, he would have control of a creature that has an aura that you control on it. This means that the creature would have +3/+3 and flying like usual; and YOU would lose 1 life per turn, not him.</p>
<p>So when the Bestow falls off and becomes a creature, it will be a creature under your control. It always was under your control.</p>

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2014-10-16T17:56:17.650Z
GendoIkari
<p>I've been playing Magic for about six months and thought I had a decent handle on how things work until I ran into the following problem:</p>
<p><strong>Set-up:</strong>
I was playing mono black devotion against blue-green control. I bestowed <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment">Herald of Torment</a> onto <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pharika%20Chosen">Pharika Chosen</a>. At the end of my turn, my opponent (in control of <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Prophet%20of%20Kruphix">Prophet of Kruphix</a>) flashed in a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Siren%20of%20the%20Fanged%20Coast">Siren of the Fanged Coast</a>. I chose not to pay the tribute, so my opponent took my <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pharika%20Chosen">Pharika Chosen</a> with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment">Herald of Torment</a> attached.</p>
<p><strong>Question:</strong>
If I kill <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pharika%20Chosen">Pharika Chosen</a> while my opponent controls it, when <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment">Herald of Torment</a> becomes a creature again do I regain control of Herald of Torment, or does my opponent retain possession of it?</p>

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2014-10-16T18:43:12.953Z
possible duplicate of [When I gain control of a creature, do I also gain control of any auras or equipment attached to it?](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/14243/6692). I edited the title on the older one to hopefully prevent this question from being asked a third time.
Rainbolt
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2014-10-16T20:17:49.207Z
"Could not pay the tribute"?  Did you mean "Chose not to pay the tribute", or do you think you need to move +1/+1 counters from other creatures or something?
Dan Staley
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2014-10-17T19:20:24.150Z
My mana was tapped and I could not pay the tribute of 3.
Il Matto 0
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2014-10-17T20:07:17.103Z
@IlMatto0; Tribute does NOT mean what you think it does! The reminder text below the Tribute keyword clarifies this, but Tribute 3 means that your opponent can choose to have it enter the battlefield with 3 +1/+1 counters on it... NOT that your opponent can choose to pay 3 mana!
GendoIkari
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2014-10-18T20:37:18.097Z
Thanks Gendolkari! Wow. My friend and I have been using it wrong for a long time. I feel dumb.
Il Matto 0
<magic-the-gathering><mtg-bestow>
Losing Control of Bestowed Enchantment Creatures
Il Matto 0
# Losing Control of Bestowed Enchantment Creatures

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-16)

I've been playing Magic for about six months and thought I had a decent handle on how things work until I ran into the following problem:

**Set-up:**
I was playing mono black devotion against blue-green control. I bestowed [Herald of Torment](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment) onto [Pharika Chosen](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pharika%20Chosen). At the end of my turn, my opponent (in control of [Prophet of Kruphix](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Prophet%20of%20Kruphix)) flashed in a [Siren of the Fanged Coast](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Siren%20of%20the%20Fanged%20Coast). I chose not to pay the tribute, so my opponent took my [Pharika Chosen](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pharika%20Chosen) with [Herald of Torment](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment) attached.

**Question:**
If I kill [Pharika Chosen](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pharika%20Chosen) while my opponent controls it, when [Herald of Torment](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment) becomes a creature again do I regain control of Herald of Torment, or does my opponent retain possession of it?

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering, mtg-bestow

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: possible duplicate of [When I gain control of a creature, do I also gain control of any auras or equipment attached to it?](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/14243/6692). I edited the title on the older one to hopefully prevent this question from being asked a third time.  
> **username_2**: "Could not pay the tribute"?  Did you mean "Chose not to pay the tribute", or do you think you need to move +1/+1 counters from other creatures or something?  
> **username_0**: My mana was tapped and I could not pay the tribute of 3.  
> **username_3**: @IlMatto0; Tribute does NOT mean what you think it does! The reminder text below the Tribute keyword clarifies this, but Tribute 3 means that your opponent can choose to have it enter the battlefield with 3 +1/+1 counters on it... NOT that your opponent can choose to pay 3 mana!  
> **username_0**: Thanks Gendolkari! Wow. My friend and I have been using it wrong for a long time. I feel dumb.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-10-16. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

Your opponent never had control of [Herald of Torment](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Herald%20of%20Torment). When he took your creature, he only took the creature; he did not take control of any auras (or equipment) attached to it. So in this case, he would have control of a creature that has an aura that you control on it. This means that the creature would have +3/+3 and flying like usual; and YOU would lose 1 life per turn, not him.

So when the Bestow falls off and becomes a creature, it will be a creature under your control. It always was under your control.


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