Phthisis
Asked by proterran98 5 years ago
I cast Phthisis targeting a 10/10, theirs also a 7/7. My opponent casts Putrefy targeting his 10/10. Does phthisis fizzle or do still have him lose 20 life? Or do I target the 7/7 and have him lose 14?
proterran98 - in the future, please remember to hit the "Mark as Answer" button on a responsive post to indicate you no longer have any follow-up questions, as well as to allow other players with the same question to quickly identify the correct answer.
I have gone ahead and marked Kogarashi's answer as accepted this time, but would appreciate if you could take care of this in the future.
Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1
You must choose a target for Phthisis when you put it on the stack, and can't change that target later without some outside effect telling you to (such as Redirect). Additionally, if all of a spell's targets become invalid, then the spell "fizzles" or is removed from the stack with no effect.
So you can't change the target to the 7/7 after you've already targeted the 10/10, and your opponent won't lose any life if he Putrefys his own creature.
January 5, 2019 9:54 p.m.