most recent 30 from http://draw3cards.com 2010-09-08T17:01:35Z http://draw3cards.com/feeds/question/614 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://draw3cards.com/questions/614/does-a-multi-target-spell-fizzle-when-some-of-its-targets-become-illegal ripper234 2010-01-08T07:35:18Z 2010-01-08T18:58:23Z

<p>I cast Fireball targeting two creatures, and one of them gains shroud. Does fireball fizzle? Does it deal X to the remaining creature?</p> <p>[[Fireball]]</p>

http://draw3cards.com/questions/614/does-a-multi-target-spell-fizzle-when-some-of-its-targets-become-illegal/618#618 Krinn 2010-01-08T14:22:06Z 2010-01-08T14:22:06Z

<p>Multi-target spells will only fizzle when <em>all</em> of their targets become illegal. So in your example, the Fireball would still damage the creature without shroud (or whatever we're using instead of shroud to make the example work - Unsummon, say).</p>

http://draw3cards.com/questions/614/does-a-multi-target-spell-fizzle-when-some-of-its-targets-become-illegal/620#620 Shushoto 2010-01-08T18:58:23Z 2010-01-08T18:58:23Z

<p>Using the stack here's what happens:</p> <p>1.) You cast fireball, declare your targets and the value of X</p> <p>2.) Your opponent responds by putting an ability on the stack to give one creature shroud.</p> <p>3.) FOLO, so the shroud giving ability resolves first.</p> <p>4.) Fireball resolves and makes a check on each of its targets. Since one target is now illegal, it's excluded from receiving damage.</p> <p>5.) You do X damage, divided evenly, to the one remaining target</p> <p>608 Resolving Spells and Abilities</p> <p><hr /></p> <p>608.2b If the spell or ability specifies targets, <strong>it checks whether the targets are still legal</strong>. A target that’s no longer in 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. 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, <strong>it will resolve normally, affecting only the targets that are still legal</strong>. If a target is illegal, the spell or ability can’t perform any actions on it or make the target perform any actions.</p>