can you cast incremental growth between 2 creatures you control
Asked by veritas723 10 years ago
Incremental Growth has to have 3 targets, card text reads, 1 counter on a creature, 2 on another and 3 on third creature.
is there any rule that says you couldn't target creature 1 for 1 counter, creature 2 for 2 counters and then creature 1 for 3 counters?
each creature is "another" in the sense that it isn't the same one which immediately preceded the previous creature... and if creature 1 is targeted 3rd, it would meet the condition of being a third target creature.
rules on the oracle, only mention 3 targets must be declared, and info about which targets might be illegal as it pertains to the card resolving.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
Always check the Gatherer rulings before asking a question.
9/20/2014: You must choose three different targets in order to cast Incremental Growth. You decide how many +1/+1 counters each creature will get as part of casting the spell.
Whenever something tells you to choose X things, you need to actually choose X total things. They need to be unique. The only time you can retarget the same thing is if there are independent commands referring to their own targets (see: Agony Warp).
February 3, 2015 11:43 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
Also, your logic about "another" is faulty. "Another" means, as SimicPower said, "not one of the previous objects."
Generally, if you need to think of a logical loophole or exception to justify something, you're probably misinterpreting the rules.
And it seems you missed a word in the Oracle ruling. I've underlined it above.
February 3, 2015 11:46 p.m.
Seraphicate says... #4
9/20/2014 - You must choose three different targets in order to cast Incremental Growth. You decide how many +1/+1 counters each creature will get as part of casting the spell.
Sometimes I think a quick check on Gatherer is the best choice.
SimicPower says... #1
The spell needs three different targets. You can poke holes in the wording all you want: "Technically, it doesn't say another third target creature", but "third" in this case means "not one of the previous two".
February 3, 2015 11:38 p.m.