Amonkhet aclazotz
The bug happens on PC, when an opponent plays 'Invasion of Amonkhet' to reanimate from my graveyard 'Aclazotz, deepest betrayal'. Whenever the 4/4 copy of the creature dies, it comes back under my opponent's control, as a copy of the 'Aclazotz' again.
The text mentions : 'When Aclazotz dies, return it to the battle field tapped, and transformed under its owner control'. To me, this is problematic at several levels. First, the creature dying is not 'Aclazotz', but a copy of it via 'Lazotep convert'; so I am not convinced it should come back (but I may be wrong). Second, if it does, then it should come back on the battlefield under my control, as I am the owner of the creature. Third, if I am wrong again (i.e., I am not the owner anymore), then it should come back transformed ('temple of the dead'), and not as a creature. Fourth, as it should come back as its transformed version, it should not come back at all; the transformed version does not exist (the copy was a copy of the creature, not of the 'temple of the dead').
All in all, I think this is a bug, and if not, I'd be happy to receive some clarifications about the rules.
thanks
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missthebus#24945 commented
not a bug
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Rezzahan#77802 commented
No bug, this is all correct according to the rules. Here's why:
The Lazotep Convert is the backside of Invasion of Amonkhet (=transformed). Your Aclazotz is not reanimated, it stays in your graveyard. The Lazotep Convert merely copies it. The object that dies and returns is that Lazotep Convert, not your Aclazotz. But it has that creature's dies trigger. Which means, when it dies, it gets returned under its owner's (the Invasion's owner's) control, transformed, which is the Lazotep Convert, which gets to copy a creature card, which is your Aclazotz again if the player so chooses and the card is still in your graveyard. So it returns as Aclazotz, which is the transformed version of the Invasion as overwritten by the copy effect.