From b9cf836c1a1c198914e6cb7eb7ae1659c6b0e73c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kms70847 <kevin.m.smiley@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:48:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for
 https://git.cardforge.org/core-developers/forge/issues/619

---
 forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
index 26c21399155..ab6660bbc2b 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
@@ -2697,6 +2697,13 @@ public class Card extends GameEntity implements Comparable<Card> {
     }
 
     public final Player getController() {
+        if ((currentZone == null) || ((currentZone.getZoneType() != ZoneType.Battlefield) && (currentZone.getZoneType() != ZoneType.Stack))){
+            //only permanents and spells have controllers [108.4],
+            //so a card really only has a controller while it's on the stack or battlefield.
+            //everywhere else, just use the owner [108.4a].
+            return owner;
+        }
+
         Entry<Long, Player> lastEntry = tempControllers.lastEntry();
         if (lastEntry != null) {
             final long lastTimestamp = lastEntry.getKey();