Blanket effects and "targeting".
Asked by acbooster 12 years ago
Do blanket effects actually target the cards they affect, or is it a target-less effect? In other words, would a creature with Hexproof be protected from my opponent's Wrath of God ?
tristenbruce says... #2
Same with a Mizzium Mortars for overload. It would deal 4 damage to a hexproof creature but if that creature had protection from red it wouldn't kill them because protection keeps them from taking lethal damage from a source of that color. Destroy effects are not damage however. So a creature with protection from white would still die from Wrath of God .
January 17, 2013 9:38 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3
@tristenbruce: That's not strictly true (see cards like card:All Suns' Dawn, which uses each in conjunction with targeting).
An effect only targets if it specifically uses the word target. If the word target is not explicitly used in the text of the effect, then it's a nontarget effect, and abilities like hexproof and shroud won't interfere with it. The only instances where confusion might arise are Equip and Enchant, which both target as per their rules text even if the reminder text doesn't appear on the card.
January 17, 2013 9:44 p.m.
tristenbruce says... #4
Okay then. I'll just let you handle the questions.
January 17, 2013 9:54 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
If you're offended or insulted, that needn't be the case. Information provided in the Q&A should just be accurate and as complete as is necessary to answer the question(s).
January 17, 2013 9:58 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #6
In his defense, that was a pretty narrow nitpick you threw in there.
tristenbruce says... #1
Anything that does an effect to each or all is NOT targeting. Therefore Wrath of God would take out creatures with shroud or hexproof or protection.
January 17, 2013 9:32 p.m.