diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardView.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardView.java
index 1ebbda591b5..16c7ab0210d 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardView.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardView.java
@@ -472,13 +472,13 @@ public class CardView extends GameEntityView {
         if (mayPlayerLook(viewer)) {
             return true;
         }
-
+        final PlayerView controller = getController();
         //if viewer is controlled by another player, also check if face can be shown to that player
         final PlayerView mindSlaveMaster = viewer.getMindSlaveMaster();
-        if (mindSlaveMaster != null && canFaceDownBeShownTo(mindSlaveMaster)) {
+        if (mindSlaveMaster != null && mindSlaveMaster != controller && canFaceDownBeShownTo(mindSlaveMaster)) {
             return true;
         }
-        return isInZone(EnumSet.of(ZoneType.Battlefield, ZoneType.Stack, ZoneType.Sideboard)) && getController().equals(viewer);
+        return isInZone(EnumSet.of(ZoneType.Battlefield, ZoneType.Stack, ZoneType.Sideboard)) && controller.equals(viewer);
     }
 
     public FCollectionView<CardView> getEncodedCards() {