MTG enchantment question?

Question

I was wondering that once an enchantment is attached to an opponent's monster, who is the card text on that particular enchantment talking to, me or my opponent? for example, the card "Pillory of the Sleepless" has the effect:

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life."

If I use this on my opponent's creature, does that mean my opponent loses 1 life during each upkeep?

Another example would be Recumbent Bliss:

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.

^ If I cast that spell on my opponent's creature, does that mean they would gain the 1 life or would I?

Answer 1

In the rules text of any card, "You" refers to the person who controls it, which is often the person who played it. Thus, when you place an enchantment onto an opponent's creature, any abilities that specify "You" are still referring to you.



There is one very important difference between these two enchantments, however. Recumbent Bliss causes an opponent's creature to be unable to attack or block, while giving you the option of gaining 1 life every turn. This is pretty straightforward.



Pillory of the Sleepless, however, says that it gives the text "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life" to the creature it's enchanting. Because this text is now added to the creature, the "you" in that text refers to the creature's controller, not the enchantment's controller. Thus, the creature is unable to attack or block AND its controller loses 1 life at the beginning of their upkeep. This continues until the enchantment is no longer on the board, such as when the enchantment is destroyed by a spell or when the creature in question is destroyed, which your opponent may eventually try to do.

Answer 2

In MTG, "You" always refers to the controller of the object (spell, creature, permanent, land, etc.). However, note that there is a very important difference between Pillory and Bliss. Pillory says that the _creature_ has "at the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life." That means that whoever controller the creature loses the life at the beginning of their upkeep. Bliss, on the other hand, just says "you may gain life," so it is the controller of Bliss that gains the life.



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Answer 3

If you enchant a creature that isn't yours, the controller of the creature will get all the "you" effects applied to them.

You always applies to the controller, and if you enchant another creature that isn't yours, that controller changes.