Can Misleading Signpost Redirect Towards a Creature?
Asked by GreenSpeed18 1 year ago
The text on Misleading Signpost says to "Reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking".
By my understanding the target would still have to be a player or planeswalker since the attack is being redirected, not the damage, but I had a player argue that since the text specifies "permanent", the creature could be redirected to attack another creature. Is this the case?
Misleading Signpost is covered by rule 508.7 and its subrules. You'll notice is specifically calls out what can be attacked:
508.7. Some cards allow a player to reselect which player, planeswalker, or battle a creature is attacking.
In order for a creature to be attacked, either normally or with the reselection, it must fall into one of those categories, specifically planeswalker or battle (since a creature can't be a player). If it's a creature planeswalker, it will be able to block a creature attacking it. If it's a creature battle, it won't be able to block at all.
December 3, 2023 9:53 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
GreenSpeed18: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any more follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked one of them as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the best answer to your question.
DreadKhan says... #1
You can't attack a creature AFAIK, the closest you can do is use the Fight mechanic (or a variant). They have to say permanent now because their aren't just Planeswalkers that can be attacked, Battles can also be attacked, and who knows if another type will come along that can be attacked?
In short, I'd say their is no way in the rules to attack a creature, so you could only redirect to a Planeswalker, Battle or Player as I understand. If someone wants a creature to deal it's power in damage to another creature they should look into the Fight mechanic.
December 2, 2023 10:21 a.m.