Necromantic Selection and Spellskite
Asked by Swebb87 1 year ago
If I cast Necromantic Selection and my opponent controls a Spellskite, after the spell resolves and all creatures are destroyed, I can select a creature put into a graveyard this way. Two questions. 1) is that targeting a creature? 2) can my opponent activate their spellskite to force the target?
Hi, thanks, actually the spellskite died as part of the board wipe effect and they were trying to activate the effect on the stack I guess?
June 16, 2022 1:23 p.m.
Well, previous answer still stands, it's not a targeted effect and Spellskite won't do anything.
If hypothetically it was a targeted effect ("...return target creature card put into a graveyard this way..."), I'm not quite sure. At the point where it would start resolving, there wouldn't be any legal targets. The effect would need to be something like "Choose target creature. Destroy all creatures, then return the chosen creature from a graveyard to the battlefield under you control." The target selection has to happen before resolution. With this wording, you would choose your target, Spellskite has the opportunity to change the target, and then everything would resolve.
June 16, 2022 1:50 p.m.
Also, you can't activate an ability while another effect is in the process of resolving. The whole effect of N.Selection either has to resolve fully or can't have started yet for anything else to happen. So the sequence "destroy creatures, change target of reanimation, reanimate" can't happen without some really specific wording.
June 16, 2022 1:54 p.m.
Sorry legendofa one quick thing. Does this mean you can't sacrifice your creatures in response to necromantic selection?? As it all resolves at once?
June 16, 2022 2:38 p.m.
You can sacrifice your creatures in response to the casting, but not the resolution. Cast N.Selection, hold priority, and sacrifice your creatures. Then, assuming nobody else does anything, N.Selection resolves.
Note that you can't return one of the creatures you sacrificed, since they weren't destroyed by N.Selection: "return a creature card put into a graveyard this way".
legendofa says... Accepted answer #1
The word "target" doesn't show up in Necromantic Selection's text box, so it's not a targeted effect and can't be affected by Spellskite, or anything else that changes a target. (I'm assuming the Spellskite survived using a Welding Jar or Sheltering Light or something.)
June 16, 2022 1:08 p.m.