In multiplayer, if Player A plays Blind Fury to play gear from Player C, then Player B plays Akshan to steal that gear, then Player C kills Akshan, who controls the gear?

Ruling: The gear returns to Player A's control.

Sequence:

• Player A played the gear card, establishing them as the controller per rule 185.1
• Player B's Akshan temporarily changed control to Player B
• When Akshan dies, the control-changing effect ends
• Control returns to Player A (the player who played the card), not Player C (the owner)

Nuances:

• The legal owner of a card doesn't matter during gameplay (rule 126.1)
• Control changes are passive effects that layer on top of the original controller
• When a control-changing effect ends, control reverts to whoever controlled it before that specific effect, not necessarily the owner