Does blinking affect removal?
Asked by anonymousperson184 9 years ago
Just a quick question:
If my opponent plays Hero's Downfall on my Snapcaster Mage, but I flash Restoration Angel and target the Mage, will it still be targeted by the Hero's Downfall after Restoration Angel's effect ends?
Gidgetimer says... #2
Small nitpick that doesn't matter in this case but does if a spell has any effect in addition to the targeted portion. If all targets of a spell are illegal when the spell would resolve the spell is countered by the rules of the game ("fizzles") and does not resolve.
acbooster says... Accepted answer #1
When an object moves zones, in this case from the battlefield to exile to the battlefield again, it becomes a new object with no connections to any previous versions of it. The Downfall would be targeting a version of the Mage that's not there anymore, so it would resolve and do nothing.
June 12, 2015 9:12 p.m.