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If you Arcane Shift your Deckhand during opponent's turn and put it back on the same battlefield, do you score a point?
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Ruling: If you Arcane Shift Deckhand back to the same battlefield during your opponent's turn (while the showdown is at a different battlefield), you score a point and conquer. However, if you Arcane Shift it during combat at that battlefield, you retain control but do not get a conquer point since you're retaining control rather than gaining it.
Sequence:
- Combat showdown does not end until both players pass with focus on an empty chain
- While a battlefield is contested, control cannot change
- If you banish and replay Deckhand to the same contested battlefield during that showdown, you retain control and do not score
- If the battlefield isn't contested when you Arcane Shift out, there will be a cleanup where you lose control before Deckhand finalizes, so when Deckhand enters you start contesting it again
Nuances:
- The key difference is whether the battlefield is currently contested or not when the Arcane Shift occurs
- Contested status is usually cleared at the end of a showdown at that battlefield
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