Field of Ruin Question
Asked by TheGodofNight 6 years ago
EOT, I use my Field of Ruin on my opponent's Ramunap Ruins, in response, they active/sac the ruins to ping me for 2 damage. Do we still both search for a basic land?
Gidgetimer says... #2
No, the ability fizzles due to not having any targets when it goes to resolve.
Tyrant-Thanatos says... Accepted answer #1
608.2b If the spell or ability specifies targets, it checks whether the targets are still legal. A target thats 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, it will resolve normally. Illegal targets, if any, wont be affected by parts of a resolving spells effect for which theyre illegal. Other parts of the effect for which those targets are not illegal may still affect them. If the spell or ability creates any continuous effects that affect game rules (see rule 613.10), those effects dont apply to illegal targets. If part of the effect requires information about an illegal target, it fails to determine any such information. Any part of the effect that requires that information wont happen.
Because "all of its targets" are no longer legal, the ability is countered. So no, neither player would search their library.
October 27, 2017 10:22 p.m.