Spellskite and multitargetting spell
Asked by lollyx 7 years ago
If i cast a Fireball with for 11 +1 for targetting spellskite and My opponent, dividing 10 ti them and 1 to spellskite, does He can Active spellskite ability to redirect the 10 damage to the spellskite or the fact that i'm targetting also spellskite prevent them to use the ability
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From Gatherer on Spellskite:
6/1/2011: If a spell or ability has multiple targets but doesnt use the word target multiple times, such as Fulgent Distraction, you can only successfully change one of the targets to Spellskite.
6/1/2011: If a spell or ability has a variable number of targets, you cant change the number of targets.
If Spellskite is the target of a spell like Fireball, you cannot change any of the targets. If it is not one of the targets of Fireball, you can change exactly one of the targets of the spell to Spellskite.
January 31, 2017 7:15 a.m. Edited.
Does it matter that Fireball says "any number" of targets instead of a specific number? In other words, is the number of targets locked once the spell is cast?
It's also worth noting in either case that Fireball requires you to divide the damage equally, so a 10/1 damage split is impossible.
And I just read the rest of the gatherer rulings. I just woke up and am missing things, I shouldn't answer rules questions this early in the morning haha
January 31, 2017 7:19 a.m. Edited.
acbooster, your answer would be correct, if Fireball had multiple instances of the word target like Seeds of Strength, but it does not. The number of targets of Fireball is set to 2 upon casting and cannot change with redirection effects.
January 31, 2017 7:21 a.m. Edited.
Sorry i forgot to link the Fireball. Anyway thanks to all of you guys, very helpfull :)
acbooster says... #1
Remember to link all of the cards.
Spellskite
That is something they can definitely do. Note that Spellskite just says that you can change a target of a spell or ability, not that you can change only one. So if a spell has multiple targets, you can redirect all of the targets to the skite, provided you can activate the ability enough times.
Some rulings from gatherer:
6/1/2011 If the spell or ability has multiple instances of the word target, you choose which target youre changing to Spellskite when Spellskites ability resolves.
6/1/2011 By activating Spellskites ability multiple times, you can change each target of a spell or ability with multiple instances of the word target to Spellskite, one at a time.
January 31, 2017 7:11 a.m.