illusions and being targeted

Asked by kevinmtg24 12 years ago

So say that my Phantasmal Bear is targeted by a Lightning Bolt but i cast a Redirect . Since the Redirect resolves first is the Phantasmal Bear never targeted or is the Phantasmal Bear still sacraficed

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1

The Bear was still targeted. When Lightning Bolt was cast targeting Phantasmal Bear , the Bear's sacrifice trigger was put on the stack. Since the trigger is already on the stack, using Redirect or Cancel will not save it.

Think of it this way: since Redirect can only pick new targets for a spell, that spell still had to have old targets.

You can use something like Voidslime or Sundial of the Infinite to remove the Bear's ability from the stack to prevent it from being sacrificed.

July 14, 2011 8:05 p.m.

theemptyquiver says... #2

Sundial! Hell yeah!

July 15, 2011 2:39 a.m.

you can only use the sundial during your turn not theres

July 15, 2011 10:06 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #4

That's true, but that's not the point. If you can somehow remove the trigger from the Bear from the stack, then you will not have to sacrifice it even though it was targeted.

July 15, 2011 10:25 a.m.

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