Double Major with no target

Asked by JabberJ3T 2 years ago

So I was thinking of brewing my own version of a Dualcaster Mage + Double Major type deck. I was wondering if you could cast Double Major with nothing on the stack

Polaris says... Accepted answer #1

No. If a spell has targets, you can only cast it if you can find something for all of its targets. You can't cast Double Major or for that matter pretty much any counterspell without anything on the stack, though you could cast Whirlwind Denial on an empty stack since it doesn't have a target. You can also use abilities like Vivien, Champion of the Wilds' +1 ability without targets, since they specify "up to one target," which means you can choose to have zero targets.

This is also why cards like Decimate haven't been the most popular in tournament play, but power up significantly in multiplayer formats where it's easier to find all of its targets and less likely you'll have to hit something of your own and/or just be unable to cast.

January 10, 2022 4:38 p.m.

JabberJ3T says... #2

Ok that was what I thought but still, thank you for clearing that up for me.

January 10, 2022 7:02 p.m.