Destroying Mirror Entity
Asked by goodair 7 years ago
If Mirror Entity was destroyed in response to using its ability during combat, what happens? Does my mana float for the combat turn, do I still get the boost or do I just get completely boned and lose all of it?
Gidgetimer says... #2
Destroying the creature would only have an effect if an ability on that creature would read something like "Tap: Destroy target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Activate this ability only if you have a single creature on the battlefield."
Untrue. Even then once the ability is on the stack it exists independently of the source and will do as much to as many targets as possible. Abilities also don't recheck for legality upon resolution unless they have an intervening if clause. The only time that a spell or ability will not do as much as it can to any remaining legal targets is for exchanges and fight effects where one of the targets is no longer valid.
April 20, 2016 3:54 p.m.
Ahh I see now, I was misunderstanding something about fizzled spells and targeting, I didn't realize that having multiple targets for a spell or ability could still resolve as long as at least one the legal targets remains.
April 20, 2016 5:53 p.m.
Are there any instances where the creature's ability would fizzle?
April 20, 2016 6:35 p.m.
GoblinsInc says... #5
If an ability has targets, and all those targets are illegal on resolution, is when it fizzles. Mirror Entity's has no targets, so it can't fizzle.
DJSeras says... Accepted answer #1
Abilities exist on the stack independent of the source that made them, so the ability would resolve the same as if Mirror Entity wasn't destroyed. All of your remaining creatures would become X/X base power and toughness (where x is what you payed). Destroying the creature would only have an effect if an ability on that creature would read something like "Tap: Destroy target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Activate this ability only if you have a single creature on the battlefield."
April 20, 2016 2:13 p.m.