Can i please have some clarification on Starfield of Nyx's first two rulings?
Asked by FatherLiir 8 years ago
I don't understand the entirety of Starfield of Nyx's rules and mechanics. The first rule:
" If the first ability returns an Aura card to the battlefield, you choose what that Aura will enchant as it enters the battlefield. If the Aura cant legally enchant anything, it stays in the graveyard"
seems pretty self explanatory, for example if I my opponent controls no creatures, I cannot bring back Pacifism because there is no legal target. However the second ruling:
"Note that if an Aura is returned to the battlefield this way, whatever the Aura enchants isnt a target of Starfield of Nyxs ability, nor is it a target of the Aura card itself. You could put an Aura onto the battlefield this way enchanting a creature with hexproof controlled by an opponent, for example."
confuses me. If my opponent has Sagu Mauler on his side of the field, I cannot legally target it with Pacifism because of it's Hexproof ability, so why and how does Starfield of Nyx get around this ability?
FatherLiir says... #2
Thank you very much! That actually clears up a lot. =)
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Note that you actually can bring back Pacifism if there's at least one creature on the battlefield. Pacifism doesn't have to enchant an opponent's creature, so if you control the only creature(s) and choose to bring back Pacifism, you'll have to attach it to one of your creatures.
To your actual question: Starfield of Nyx doesn't create an effect that allows you to ignore hexproof or anything like that. Rather, we're looking at the rules for Aura cards.
Normally, you cast Auras as spells. Aura spells are the only permanent spells that target anything: you target the object that the Aura will enchant when it's on the battlefield. However, if you put an Aura onto the battlefield without casting it, then you never declared a target for the Aura. So instead, you'll simply attach it to any object that it could legally enchant according to its enchant ability. This process doesn't target anything; you just choose an object that already exists (i.e., the object is there before the Aura enters the battlefield) and the Aura will enter attached to it.
Because this process doesn't target anything, it gets around hexproof. However, it won't get around protection because protection specifically includes the inability to be enchanted by anything of the protected-against quality.
October 31, 2015 2:20 p.m.