Dismiss into Dream interactions
Asked by Ziggy101 7 years ago
I have Dismiss into Dream on the battlefield with Roil Elemental and I play a land. Trigger landfall.Do I get the an opponents creature or will it be sacrificed?
Same set up and how about if my opponents creature have hexproof?
Thanks for your help
Rhadamanthus says... #2
First question: The creature gets sacrificed. The ability granted by Dismiss into Dream will trigger when you choose the creature as a target for Roil Elemental's ability. It will go onto the stack on top of the Elemental's ability, and will resolve before the Elemental's ability starts resolving. The creature is sacrificed first and then the Elemental's ability does nothing.
Second question: Nothing happens. The opponent's creature never becomes a target of Roil Elemental's ability because hexproof means you aren't allowed to choose it as a target. The ability granted by Dismiss into Dream won't trigger.
September 18, 2016 11 a.m.
TheVectornaut says... #3
Also worth clarifying that Roil Elemental's landfall trigger uses the word "may" so you aren't required to target anything. Could be important if say your opponent played a Copy Enchantment of your Dismiss into Dream or something like that.
September 18, 2016 12:52 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... #4
You are required to declare any and all targets as the ability goes on to the stack. Being a "may" ability doesn't change this. It only means that when the ability goes to resolve you may choose to not have its effect, in which case the ability is removed from the stack instead of resolving.
Dracoson says... Accepted answer #1
First scenario, the creature would be sacrificed. Roil Elemental's trigger goes on the stack, targeting one of their creatures. Once a creature is targeted, the Illusion trigger from Dismiss into Dream goes on the stack above the elemental's so it will resolve first.
In the second scenario, if all your opponent's creatures have hexproof, when Roil Elemental's trigger tries to go to the stack, you have to pick a valid target (Roil Elemental's trigger doesn't specifically state it has to be an opponent's creature), so you would have to pick one of your own creatures, and the ability will basically do nothing (it still occurs, it just doesn't affect the board state)
September 18, 2016 11 a.m.