Mind Control¶

Edisonformat.net (Revised, Post-UTW Rulings)¶

① Target 1 monster your opponent controls; take control of that target until the End Phase, but it can’t declare an attack or be Tributed.

Even if the monster is flipped face-down, this card will take control of it, and control will return in the End Phase.
Even if the monster is flipped face-down, it still can’t be tributed nor declare an attack.

Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase. It cannot declare an attack or be Tributed.

This effect targets 1 (face-up / face-down) monster your opponent controls.
If the targeted monster was Special Summoned this turn (by “Call of the Haunted”), you can change its Battle Position when you gain control of it [REF].
Control of the target changes even if it is flipped face-up / face-down before “Mind Control” resolves.
The effect “it cannot declare an attack or be Tributed” is an effect that is applied until the End Phase of the turn “Mind Control” is applied.
The target can be used as a Synchro Material Monster or a Fusion Material Monster.
The target can be removed from play / sent to the Graveyard / returned to the Deck for a cost / effect.
Returning control of the monster in the End Phase does not start a chain, this occurs even if the monster was flipped face-up / face-down.
A card with an effect of “Control of this face-up card on the field cannot switch” cannot switch control while face-up under any circumstances. So, if a face-down Botanical Lion changes control due to Mind Control and is then flipped face-up, the lingering part of the effect of Mind Control will not apply during the End Phase and control of Botanical Lion will not return to the original owner.