Conjurer's Bauble with an invalid target still draw?
Asked by pedroedmarcos 10 months ago
Hey there,
So, If I activate Conjurer's Bauble and target an card, and the card in the graveyard gets exiled by an opponents effect. Do you can still draw a card with Conjurer's Bauble?
pedroedmarcos says... #2
But since the text was separated on another line like Opt would the ability fizzle?
July 11, 2023 9:40 p.m.
wallisface says... Accepted answer #4
pedroedmarcos nope. If an ability or spell loses all of its targets while on the stack, it’ll be unable to resolve, and will fizzle. There’s no way around this.
July 11, 2023 9:43 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #5
In post #4 wallisface says "nope" to the question "But if the text was separated on another line like Opt would the ability fizzle?" but then goes on to explain that the ability would fizzle.
For clarity, the ability does fizzle. If all targets are illegal when a spell or ability tries to resolve, it fizzles. There is no situation in which this isn't true.
Different iterations of paragraphs and sentences are used to conform to formatting. The point of MtG's formatting rules it to try to communicate what the card does clearly. The formatting has no rules implications at all. For example the change from Cryptic Command to Cryptic Command was just presentation and not functional.
July 11, 2023 11:18 p.m.
wallisface says... #6
Yeah, sorry the word “nope” was meant to imply that the spell/ability wouldn’t resolve - the rest of what I wrote is all correct.
Hopefully I didn’t create unneeded confusion.
wallisface says... #1
Conjurer's Bauble specifies “up to one” target, so you have 2 situations here:
you choose no targets. The ability resolves and you get to draw a card.
you choose a target. An opponent invalidates that target by exiling it. As the ability has now lost all of its valid targets, it fizzles. You don’t get to draw a card.
I would suggest that if the card draw is important to you, and your graveyard has no “must fetch” cards in it, to choose no targets, as this is a pretty foolproof option. If you do choose a target, you run the risk of the ability fizzling entirely if that target is lost.
July 11, 2023 9:37 p.m.