Pact of negation
Asked by 40cal 11 years ago
Can i pact of negation nothing just use it or can i pact of negation my own spell and it goes into the graveyard
Please link the cards in question. Pact of Negation
Can you Pact of Negation nothing, ie an empty stack? No, counter target spell requires a target. A spell can only be cast if it has a legal target. If there's no spell on the stack then you have nothing to target.
Can you Pact of Negation your own spell? Yes, there's nothing restricting you from countering your own spells. Both Pact of Negation and the spell would go to the graveyard.
February 24, 2014 7:35 p.m.
Yup btw ik the bracket thing just everyone knows that card and I was lazy
1833me says... Accepted answer #1
If a card requires a target, there has to be a legal target. Your Pact of Negation would have to counter a spell. The official rules are below.
601.2c The player announces his or her choice of an appropriate player, object, or zone for each target the spell requires. A spell may require some targets only if an alternative or additional cost (such as a buyback or kicker cost), or a particular mode, was chosen for it; otherwise, the spell is cast as though it did not require those targets. If the spell has a variable number of targets, the player announces how many targets he or she will choose before he or she announces those targets. The same target can't be chosen multiple times for any one instance of the word "target" on the spell. However, if the spell uses the word "target" in multiple places, the same object, player, or zone can be chosen once for each instance of the word "target" (as long as it fits the targeting criteria). If any effects say that an object or player must be chosen as a target, the player chooses targets so that he or she obeys the maximum possible number of such effects without violating any rules or effects that say that an object or player can't be chosen as a target. The chosen players, objects, and/or zones each become a target of that spell. (Any abilities that trigger when those players, objects, and/or zones become the target of a spell trigger at this point; they'll wait to be put on the stack until the spell has finished being cast.)
Example: If a spell says "Tap two target creatures," then the same creature can't be chosen twice; the spell requires two different legal targets. A spell that says "Destroy target artifact and target land," however, can target the same artifact land twice because it uses the word "target" in multiple places.
Oh and by the way, to quote a card use two square brackets around the name of the card
February 24, 2014 7:33 p.m.