Reference summary · Core rule · Rules Tome 2.0.8 § 400.3, 711, 714
Attached versus equipped
Attached cards and equipped Items are different; neither placement automatically changes ownership or control.
How it works
Rule explanation
Equipped refers to Items equipped to Characters. Attached cards are not equipped, and equipped Items are not attached; older instructions to attach an Item mean equip it. A scribed Action is attached, not an equipped Item. Attaching or equipping a card to an opponent’s card does not itself transfer control. Cards leaving play go to their owner’s appropriate zone. When a bearer leaves play, first destroy its equipped Items, then discard its attached Actions, then other attached card types, one at a time in each owner’s chosen order within those groups. Attachment itself is not an ongoing effect: ending a tied effect does not necessarily detach its card.
At the table
Example
A spell attached to an opposing Character can remain under your control. If its bearer leaves play, that spell goes to your discard pile, not the opponent’s.
Watch for this
Common mistake
An effect that destroys an equipped Item cannot select a scribed Action just because it is displayed beneath a Character.