Malkavian Dementia & Malkavian Time Auction

Malkavian Dementia
Master

Master.
Take control of a ready Malkavian that another Methuselah controls until your next untap phase.

Master.
Choose a card you control. Starting to your left and proceeding clockwise, other Methuselahs may bid pool for control of that card. Highest bidder takes control of the card. You collect pool from the two highest bidders.

Hi all,

During the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend we were talking about different Malkavian "fun" cards (Malkavian Prank, Malkavian Time Auction etc.) and we asked Ben Peal if he knew what would happen if you steal a Malkavian controlled by another Methusellah and then play a Malkavian Time Auction on him (thanks to Parthenon or Rumors of Gehenna).

¿Does his original controller gain control of him or is he permanently controlled by the highest bidder?

[LSJ 20010330]

LSJ wrote:

> You can use Malkavian Time Auction to auction off "a card you control". I
> presume that even if this is a card you temporarily control (e.g. thru Mind
> Rape, Temptation, or Malkavian Dementia), the new owner will take permanent
> control of this card.
>
> Could someone confirm or deny this??

Confirmed.
Any change of permanent control effective terminates all lingering temporary
control effects.
The new permanent controller takes undisputed permanent control.

Thanks, that's what I thought but I wasn't sure.