Untargetability — Riftbound Rules
Section 756 — 6 rules
- 757.
- Some Game Effects declare that a Game Object can’t be chosen by a certain set of spells and abilities. Those effects designate the Game Object as Untargetable.
- 757.1.
- These passive abilities will usually take the form “[Game Object] can’t be chosen by [Category] spells and abilities.” Example: Ruin Runner’s passive ability reads “I can’t be chosen by enemy spells and abilities.”
- 758.
- Untargetable Game Objects are not legal targets for the indicated spells and abilities. See rule 355.6. Targeting for more information.
- 758.1.
- If a Game Object becomes untargetable for a spell or ability after becoming its target and before it resolves, the spell or ability will mistarget on resolution. Any instructions related to that Game Object will be ignored as the spell resolves.
- 758.2.
- If the spell or ability changes for any reason such that it will no longer fall under the category of spells or abilities for which a Game Object is untargetable, the Game Object will become a legal target for that spell or ability. Example: A 1 [M] unit reads “I can’t be chosen by enemy spells or abilities with Energy cost less than my Might.” That unit is targeted by an enemy Falling Star; in reaction to the Falling Star, the unit’s controller plays Discipline targeting that unit, bringing its Might to 3 [M]. If Falling Star resolved at that point, the unit would be unaffected by it as it resolves. Falling Star’s controller plays Eclipse before Falling Star resolves, bringing the unit’s Might to -1 [M]. When Falling Star resolves now, the unit is affected by the spell and has 6 damage marked. It dies in the following cleanup.
- 758.2.a.
- This will also occur if the Game Object is no longer among the set of objects that are made untargetable by a Game Effect. Example: Alpha Wildclaw and Vilemaw are controlled by the same player and located at a battlefield. An opponent targets Vilemaw with Rebuke. Before Rebuke resolves, Vilemaw’s controller plays Discipline targeting Alpha Wildclaw, making Vilemaw no longer a legal target. Rebuke’s controller then targets Alpha Wildclaw with Star-Crossed. When Star-Crossed resolves, Alpha Wildclaw’s passive ability no longer applies to Vilemaw, making it a legal target for Rebuke. After all spells and abilities have resolved, both Vilemaw and Alpha Wildclaw will be returned to hand.