Aura loses target
Asked by Atmosck 13 years ago
Do auras decide their target when they're cast, or when they resolve? Case in point: Say I have two 2/2 Zombie token, and I cast Dark Favor on one of them. In response, my opponent casts Dismember on the token. Dismember resolves first and kills the token, but then do I get to chose a new target for Dark Favor , or is it destroyed?
And a follow-up question, if in stead of Dark Favor is cast Angelic Destiny , which bounces back to my hand when enchanted creature is destroyed, if I don't get to re-target it, is it destroyed, or does it bounce back?
xxxxxxCronoxxxxxx says... #2
you must have a legal target to cast a spell, so when you go to cast an aura you need to pick a target giving someone the chance to kill the target making the enchantment fizzle
August 8, 2011 6 a.m.
Dark Favor get's casted then goes on the stack, then the opponent plays Dismember , then it goes on the stack as well. Since Dismember was the last card activated, it resolves first, killing the Token then Dark Favor fizzles because Dark Favor has no Target after Dismember resolved.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
114.1b Aura spells are always targeted. These are the only permanent spells with targets. An Aura's target is specified by its enchant keyword ability (see rule 702.5, Enchant). The target(s) are chosen as the spell is cast; see rule 601.2c. An Aura permanent doesn't target anything; only the spell is targeted. (An activated or triggered ability of an Aura permanent can also be targeted.)
You will not retarget unless you have a Redirect or something similar.
The creature is killed before your enchantment is actually enchanting it, therefore Angelic Destiny will simply fizzle as a spell and not come back because its recursion trigger never went off (the enchanted creature never existed, so its death trigger couldn't either).
August 7, 2011 3:27 p.m.