Rings + Monolith + other rocks?
Asked by pquam 4 years ago
Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth is a pretty classic combo at this point, but last night during a game with a friend I experienced an interaction that I wasn't familiar with, and I'm curious if it's legal or not.
Basically, along side Rings + monolith, my friend also had a Coalition Relic . He used Rings + Monolith to get infinite colorless mana, and then used Rings of Brighthearth to copy & redirect Basalt Monolith 's untap ability targeting his Coalition Relic to add infinite mana of any color. while obviously Rings lets you choose new targets, Basalt Monolith doesn't say "untap target artifact" it says "untap Basalt monolith" so my question is, can you use Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth to untap other permanents?
(My guess is no, but I let my friend get away with it because he had basically already won anyways)
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I have gone ahead and moved this thread for you.
You are entirely correct in your reasoning - when a copy effect allows you to change the target of a spell or ability, you can only change the target if the spell or ability has a target or targets. As you correctly reasoned, Basalt Monolith 's second ability does not target, thus does not have a target which can be changed.
Fellin22 says... #1
No
July 16, 2019 12:18 p.m.