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<p>Does Etali stay exiled with GP?</p>
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<p>Yes. Actually, once Etali is exiled, The Akroan War's effect ends; &quot;control&quot; only affects permanents or things on the stack:</p>
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<p>108.4. A card doesn’t have a controller unless that card represents a permanent or spell; in those cases, its controller is determined by the rules for permanents or spells. See rules 110.2 and 112.2.</p>
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<p>This also point to an answer to</p>
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<p>under whose control does it return to if GP goes away?</p>
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<p>which is &quot;your opponent&quot;:</p>
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<p>110.2. A permanent’s owner is the same as the owner of the card that represents it (unless it’s a token; see rule 111.2). A permanent’s controller is, by default, the player under whose control it entered the battlefield. Every permanent has a controller.</p>
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<p>So, I had cast <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Akroan%20War">The Akroan War</a> and stole an opponent's <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Etali%2C%20Primal%20Storm">Etali, Primal Storm</a>. A few turns later, I swung, used Etali to steal an opponents <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glorious%20Protector">Glorious Protector</a>, I exile all my tapped creatures (because the final chapter was imminent) including Etali. Next turn, The Akroan War got its final lore counter, after which I had to sacrifice it. This leads me to my two questions:</p>
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<li>Does Etali stay exiled with GP?</li>
<li>If so, under whose control does it return to if GP goes away?</li>
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The Akroan War plus Glorious Protector?
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# The Akroan War plus Glorious Protector?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-09)

So, I had cast [The Akroan War](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Akroan%20War) and stole an opponent's [Etali, Primal Storm](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Etali%2C%20Primal%20Storm). A few turns later, I swung, used Etali to steal an opponents [Glorious Protector](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glorious%20Protector), I exile all my tapped creatures (because the final chapter was imminent) including Etali. Next turn, The Akroan War got its final lore counter, after which I had to sacrifice it. This leads me to my two questions:

1. Does Etali stay exiled with GP?
2. If so, under whose control does it return to if GP goes away?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-10-09. Score: 2

> Does Etali stay exiled with GP?

Yes. Actually, once Etali is exiled, The Akroan War's effect ends; "control" only affects permanents or things on the stack:

> 108.4. A card doesn’t have a controller unless that card represents a permanent or spell; in those cases, its controller is determined by the rules for permanents or spells. See rules 110.2 and 112.2.

This also point to an answer to

> under whose control does it return to if GP goes away?

which is "your opponent":

> 110.2. A permanent’s owner is the same as the owner of the card that represents it (unless it’s a token; see rule 111.2). A permanent’s controller is, by default, the player under whose control it entered the battlefield. Every permanent has a controller.


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