Canceling the draw on Explosion by removing target of damage
Asked by TheGamer 5 years ago
I still have issues trying to figure out what kind of spells resolve if a target is removed, with cards like Cryptic Command and Electrolyze, but today I have a question about Expansion / Explosion.
If my opponent decides to cast the Explosion side of Expansion / Explosion and target my 2/2 creature for 2 damage and target himself to draw 2 cards, can I kill my own creature before it resolves to prevent him from drawing cards off the Expansion / Explosion? Thanks in advance!
I agree with this could someone post the actual rule for this I had a judge disagree with me tonight on this and I lost the game b/c I didn't get to draw my cards
January 29, 2019 2:58 a.m.
608.2b If the spell or ability specifies targets, it checks whether the targets are still legal. A target that’s no longer in the zone it was in when it was targeted is illegal. Other changes to the game state may cause a target to no longer be legal; for example, its characteristics may have changed or an effect may have changed the text of the spell. If the source of an ability has left the zone it was in, its last known information is used during this process. If all its targets, for every instance of the word “target,” are now illegal, the spell or ability doesn’t resolve. It’s removed from the stack and, if it’s a spell, put into its owner’s graveyard. Otherwise, the spell or ability will resolve normally. Illegal targets, if any, won’t be affected by parts of a resolving spell’s effect for which they’re illegal. Other parts of the effect for which those targets are not illegal may still affect them. If the spell or ability creates any continuous effects that affect game rules (see rule 613.10), those effects don’t apply to illegal targets. If part of the effect requires information about an illegal target, it fails to determine any such information. Any part of the effect that requires that information won’t happen.
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Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
No, spells only fizzle if all targets that they have are illegal when they begin to resolve. Explosion targets both the recipient of the damage and the person drawing cards, so it will still resolve if one of the two is an illegal target.
December 25, 2018 10:50 p.m.