casting hexproof in response
Asked by swkelly89 7 years ago
if someone cast a Doom Blade and in response i cast Mizzium Skin how would that play out?Your creature would gain hexproof. The Doom Blade would remain on the stack. Right before it starts to resolve, it checks to see if its target is still legal. Since that creature now has hexproof, Doom Blade cannot legally target it and is countered by the game rules.
(this is also why cards like Abrupt Decay say they "can't be countered by spells or abilities" rather than that they simply "can't be countered;" if all of their targets become legal, the game rules are still able to counter them).
TL;DR: Doom Blade would get countered.
December 12, 2013 12:36 a.m.
@Drilnoth Your answer sort of implies that Abrupt Decay would still kill a creature that had been given hexproof. That has nothing to do with countering Abrupt Decay. If its target is illegal on resolution, it fizzles whether it is uncounterable or not.
December 12, 2013 12:47 a.m.
GoblinsInc says... #4
@Devonin
His answer is pointing out the fact that a spell "fizzling" is the game rules countering the spell. Which is indeed a big reason as to why they specify spells "can't be countered by spells or abilities" rather than shortening it to "can't be countered"
December 12, 2013 1:15 a.m.
CamperCarl00 says... #5
@Drilnoth the wording on Abrupt Decay is there because Glen Elendra Archmage , Frost Titan , and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner can all counter through their abilities. Devonin is right in that if a spell or ability's target either becomes illegal or simply disappears, then it fizzles when it tries to resolve.
December 12, 2013 1:20 a.m.
GoblinsInc says... #6
@CamperCarl00
Again, see the posts above. Dril's explanation of why the Decay is worded as it is, is actually correct.
Abrupt can't be countered by Glen, Frosty, nor Kira, and putting "Can't be countered" wouldn't change this. The reason they use the longhand is because Fizzling is countering a spell via the rules.
December 12, 2013 1:23 a.m.
I was only mentioning Abrupt Decay as a way to further illustrate the point that the game rules counter the spell. I'm well aware that Abrupt Decay is countered if its target is illegal as it tries starting to resolve. I thought I'd made that fairly clear in my original response... (goes to re-read original post)
...erm... except for the typo I just noticed where I said "become legal". I'd meant to type "become illegal." Whoops. My bad.
December 12, 2013 1:25 a.m.
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Khazpar says... #1
Your creature gains hexproof first, then when Doom Blade resolves its target is illegal so it it fizzles.
December 12, 2013 12:26 a.m.