Who's card gets exiled
Asked by spyguy144 4 years ago
I am new to magic, so this may be a stupid question. I'm not clear on how the exile mechanic works. If a card says "exile x target creatures and put x number of 2/2 tokens onto the battlefield", whos cards do you exile? Your own or your opponents?
So if you exile one of your cards and of your one opponent's card, both of you would get a 2/2 token?
March 27, 2020 3:31 p.m.
SquirrelPenguin says... #3
What card specifically are you talking about? it depends on what card it is. for Curse of the Swine, yes, if you exile one of your cards and one of your opponent's cards, both of you would get a 2/2 token.
March 27, 2020 3:49 p.m.
If the card specifies creatures that you control, or your opponent controls, then you may only target creatures that fit those requirements. If it doesn't specify, then you can target any creature that doesn't have something preventing you from targeting it (hexproof, shroud, protection), regardless of who controls it.
For example:
Eerie Interlude says "exile any number of target creatures you control." This means you can't exile your opponent's creatures, or even your own teammate's creatures in a Two-Headed Giant game.
Vengeful Dreams says (in its Oracle text) "exile X target attacking creatures." This means you can only exile creatures that are attacking.
Curse of the Swine doesn't specify the condition of the creatures you can target with it, so as long as the creature is targetable, you can target it, regardless of who controls it.
In the case of cards like Curse of the Swine that give you tokens in exchange, then per the card's text, for each creature that was exiled, its controller (at the time it was exiled) creates a 2/2 green Boar token. So if you exile one of your cards and one of your opponent's, you would each get a token.
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #1
Curse of the Swine would be a prime example of that card effect.
Whoever’s cards you exile depends on which creatures you target. It could be your own, your opponents’, or a mixture of the two.
March 27, 2020 3:11 p.m.