Can I save my creature from Cut Down with Octavia?
Asked by Max_Hammer 1 year ago
If I have a creature such as Ornithopter and an opponent casts something like Cut Down, my poor Ornithopter dies. ):
However, if I have Octavia, Living Thesis and cast Opt or something to trigger her ability, targeting my Ornithopter, making it an 8/8, does it save my baby by making it an invalid target or is it a waste?
Does the same work for Dimir Charm or other cards like that?
Max_Hammer says... #2
Thanks for answering my questions, Rhada, I definitely feel like I Can trust your answer. (:
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Yes that works. Right before a spell or ability would start resolving, it checks its targets one more time to make sure they're still legal. If no targets are legal anymore then it's put into the graveyard and doesn't resolve. If it has multiple targets and only some of them are illegal then it only has an effect on the ones that are still legal and does nothing to/with the illegal ones (some effects have other special considerations - for example, a "fight" can't happen at all if one of the two targets is illegal).
March 21, 2023 5:31 p.m.