Timeline for Do i have to have a spell target to tap a wizard creature with Patron Wizard?
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Jan 25, 2014 at 3:29 | history | edited | Alex P | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jul 3, 2013 at 18:54 | comment | added | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | @corsiKa yes, you can target abrupt decay with any counterspell. It's inability to be countered doesn't make it an illegal target, It just won't be countered. just as the same as you can use quirion ranger to untap creatures that are untapped. because | |
Jul 3, 2013 at 18:38 | comment | added | corsiKa | Can you use this ability to target an Abrupt Decay, only to have the ability fizzle because Abrupt Decay cannot be countered? (Let's say, for instance, you REALLY wanted it tapped so a Backlash spell targeting it fizzles...) | |
Jul 3, 2013 at 18:22 | history | edited | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jul 3, 2013 at 18:18 | comment | added | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | @Pow-Ian It seemed to me that the source of the OP's confusion is regarding whether you can pay the costs for the ability even if you can't legally cast it, although I might have been primed to think that way by the OP's previous question | |
Jul 3, 2013 at 18:07 | comment | added | Pow-Ian |
Actually he asked, "However, does there have to be a spell to target for me to be able to use this ability?" which is not directly addressed by stating you have to complete all the steps. At first galnce choosing a target does not seem like a required step since a spell/ability on the stack can easily end up without a legal target which made me origianlly think that there did not need to be a target when you cast/activated it.
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Jul 3, 2013 at 18:01 | comment | added | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | @Pow-Ian I think that it's quite sufficient to understand that if you are unable to comply with one of the parts of activating an ability, then you can't do any of the parts of it at all. | |
Jul 3, 2013 at 17:59 | comment | added | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica |
@Pow-Ian to list all the revelant rules would require me to list 601.2c through 601.2g and 602.2b , all of which together would bring my answer below the fold
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Jul 3, 2013 at 17:57 | comment | added | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | @Pow-Ian he's asking if he can pay the cost without actually using the ability on a legal target. | |
Jul 3, 2013 at 17:55 | history | edited | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jul 3, 2013 at 17:54 | comment | added | Pow-Ian |
Another appropriate rule is 601.2c The player announces his or her choice of an appropriate player, object, or zone for each target the spell requires....
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Jul 3, 2013 at 17:52 | vote | accept | prolink007 | ||
Jul 3, 2013 at 17:49 | history | edited | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jul 3, 2013 at 17:41 | history | answered | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |