What happens if I Simulacrum my Blood Pet?

Asked by eojam 10 years ago

Specifically, if my opponent uses a Lightning Bolt on me and I target my Blood Pet with Simulacrum and THEN sacrifice my Blood Pet what exactly would happen OTHER than me getting a black mana? Does the target being gone by the time the Simulacrum resolves mean I gain life or get dealt the damage?

Slycne says... Accepted answer #1

Note that Simulacrum has been oracled to.

• You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Either way, if you sacrifice Blood Pet in response to you targeting it with Simulacrum you'll gain one black mana and your Simulacrum fizzles because it no longer has a legal target.

• 608.2b If the spell or ability specifies targets, it checks whether the targets are still legal. A target thats moved out of the zone it was in when it was targeted is illegal. Other changes to the game state may cause a target to no longer be legal; for example, its characteristics may have changed or an effect may have changed the text of the spell. If the source of an ability has left the zone it was in, its last known information is used during this process to determine its characteristics. The spell or ability is countered if all its targets, for every instance of the word target, are now illegal. If the spell or ability is not countered, it will resolve normally, affecting only the targets that are still legal. If a target is illegal, the spell or ability cant perform any actions on it or make the target perform any actions.

April 26, 2015 9:27 p.m.

eojam says... #2

So no life gain?

April 29, 2015 3:44 a.m.

Slycne says... #3

Yes, Simulacrum is countered by the rules because it no longer has a legal target so you don't gain any life.

April 29, 2015 10:02 a.m.

eojam says... #4

Thanks for the info. I was hoping that only half of the spell would fizzle. Not all of them are all or nothing, I've found... some of them part of the spell resolves and part fizzles.

April 29, 2015 10:06 p.m.