<p>No, that token is owned by the other player.  From the current Comprehensive Rules:</p>

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  <p>110.5a A token is both owned and controlled by the player under whose control it entered the battlefield.</p>
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<p>Tokens <em>used to be</em> owned by the controller of the effect that created them, but this was <a href="http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a">changed in the Magic 2010 rules revision</a> to line up better with people's intuitions about ownership of permanents.</p>

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Thanks Alex.  I found the link and was about to make the same edit, but you beat me to it!
thesunneversets
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You beat me to posting the rules quote. Tit for tat. ;)
Alex P
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Looks like the way I always thought it worked has only been true since July of 2009. Thanks for posting all the rule changes for M10.
SocioMatt
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There used to be a bunch of decks that abused the old rules with Hunted creatures (e.g. Hunted Dragon, Hunted Phantasm) and Brand.  A neat idea, but not really in the true spirit of the cards :)
thesunneversets
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@thesunneversets I was making an EDH deck using Zedruu the Greathearted. This would have mattered quite a bit, but I wasn't going to make it abusive. I didn't even consider the amount of random things that could be done that would abuse that rule.
SocioMatt
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Lots of people who never read the M10 rules update very carefully tried to build that Zedruu deck when she was printed and were very disappointed :)
Affe
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thesunneversets
<p>I was reading somewhere a few days ago that when a player creates a token using a spell like <a href="http://magiccards.info/gtc/en/44.html">Rapid Hybridization</a> they own the token, even though they never had control of it. I can't seem to find the discussion or the relevant rule. </p>

<p>When I create a token that comes into play under another players control, do I own the token?</p>

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Do I own a token that I create under somebody else's control?
SocioMatt
# Do I own a token that I create under somebody else's control?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-25)

I was reading somewhere a few days ago that when a player creates a token using a spell like [Rapid Hybridization](http://magiccards.info/gtc/en/44.html) they own the token, even though they never had control of it. I can't seem to find the discussion or the relevant rule.

When I create a token that comes into play under another players control, do I own the token?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-02-25. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

No, that token is owned by the other player. From the current Comprehensive Rules:

> 110.5a A token is both owned and controlled by the player under whose control it entered the battlefield.

Tokens *used to be* owned by the controller of the effect that created them, but this was [changed in the Magic 2010 rules revision](http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/42a) to line up better with people's intuitions about ownership of permanents.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Thanks Alex.  I found the link and was about to make the same edit, but you beat me to it!  
> **username_2**: You beat me to posting the rules quote. Tit for tat. ;)  
> **username_0**: Looks like the way I always thought it worked has only been true since July of 2009. Thanks for posting all the rule changes for M10.  
> **username_1**: There used to be a bunch of decks that abused the old rules with Hunted creatures (e.g. Hunted Dragon, Hunted Phantasm) and Brand.  A neat idea, but not really in the true spirit of the cards :)  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I was making an EDH deck using Zedruu the Greathearted. This would have mattered quite a bit, but I wasn't going to make it abusive. I didn't even consider the amount of random things that could be done that would abuse that rule.  
> **username_3**: Lots of people who never read the M10 rules update very carefully tried to build that Zedruu deck when she was printed and were very disappointed :)  

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