Rule 359.3.e Handling illegal and impossible instructions
Handling illegal and impossible instructions
- 359.3.e.1 The spell resolves even if some or all of its targets are illegal.
- 359.3.e.2 A target is illegal as the spell resolves if it no longer meets the targeting requirements of the spell, or if it has…
- 359.3.e.3 If a target ceases to meet the targeting requirements while the spell is on the chain, then meets them again, it's a…
- 359.3.e.4 If a target changes Zones to or from a Non-Board Zone and then returns to its original zone, it is no longer a legal…
- 359.3.e.5 If any of the spell's targets are no longer legal, those game objects, players, or zones are unaffected by the spell…
- 359.3.e.6 Instructions that can't be followed, either because of illegal targets or other circumstances, are ignored. Example: A…
- 359.3.e.7 If all of an instruction's Targets become Invalid or Unavailable by the time the spell begins resolving, that…
- 359.3.e.8 If an instruction has more than one Target and fewer than all of the Targets become Invalid or Unavailable by the time…
- 359.3.e.9 The process for a card's choice becoming Invalid or Unavailable is referred to as mistargeting. Example: A spell has…
- 359.3.e.10 It is possible for none of a spell's instructions to be executed as it resolves, due to all of them requiring targets…
- 359.3.e.11 Instructions that can be partially followed are followed as much as possible and ignored otherwise. Example: A player…
- 359.3.e.12 If the spell checks information about a target that is no longer legal or a card or permanent whose location, zone, or…
- 359.3.e.13 A spell or ability that moves something to a different zone as a cost or effect can "look back" at its characteristics…
- 359.3.e.14 Some instructions may reference Game Objects affected by, or Game Actions performed in, other instructions in a card…
- 359.3.e.15 A spell or ability that leaves the chain during the process of its resolution will cease further execution of its…
- 359.3.e.16 If a Delayed Ability’s duration has ended before it was generated, the Delayed Ability is not generated and any…