Is Exalted affected by Protection?
Asked by psychoza 12 years ago
I have a friend who runs an Exalted themed deck and while it has never come up before in our playing, last night he asked if Knight of Infamy would get the Exalted bonus from Knight of Glory .
The rules wording on Exalted is:702.81a Exalted is a triggered ability. Exalted means Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
From the wording it sounds like it is targeting the single attacking creature thus how this question came about.
Protection, well, protects from 4 things
D.E.B.T.
Damage, Enchanting, Blocks, Targetting.
So anything that is trying to damage, enchant, block or target something that has protection from that quality won't be able to happen.
Exalted doesn't do any of those, so the effect will not be prevented by protection.
May 22, 2013 8:21 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #4
Nothing sounds like it is targetting, either the card uses the word target or it does not, if it does not then it doesn't target.
May 22, 2013 2:13 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #5
(The one exception being playing aura's, aura's have to target the creature they intend on enchanting as they are cast)
May 22, 2013 2:14 p.m.
The wording "a creature you control" and "that creature" sound to me like targeting as they refer to a single creature instead of "each, any, all, etc.". I didn't think Exalted was affected by protection and I told my friend as such but I just want to confirm it. Thanks for everyone's input.
Absinthman says... Accepted answer #1
It works because Exalted ability does not actually target. You are correct that protection protecs its bearer from being targeted by sources of the quality it is protected from, but Exalted doesnt use the word "target" anywhere in its wording. Spells and obilities only target if the word "target" actually appears in them.
May 22, 2013 8:20 a.m.