Leagal Tagets for Ulamog the ceaseless hunger
Asked by gnat7 8 years ago
Hello, I was playing the weekend with my "Sigarda, Host of Herons" Human Tribal. I had Sigarda out and a few Humans she was giving Hexproof to. My opponent Cast "Ulamog the Ceaseless Hunger", said he targeted Sigarda, and then once she was exiled he targeted one of my humans now that they didn't have hexproof.
My questions is, doesn't he have to pick both targets before the exile takes place? Meaning all my Humans would have been protected by hexproof still and not legal targets? Thanks!
hyperlocke says... Accepted answer #2
You probably mean Sigarda, Heron's Grace.
Part of casting a spell / activating an ability / putting a triggered ability on the stack is chosing all targets for it:
601.2c The player announces his or her choice of an appropriate player, object, or zone for each target the spell requires. [...]
When he casts Ulamog, its first ability triggers and is put onto the stack. During that process, he has to chose legal targets, all at once. Your humans are hexproof, so he can't chose them.
gnat7 says... #1
Sigarda, Host of Herons
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
January 30, 2017 11:55 a.m.