does the word "each" target or not a permanent

hello, can you help me · Guest

i have one question:
does the word "each", for example in oblivion stone, or in culling sun affects a crature with protection or with "can't be the target of spells or abillities"
thanks

??? · Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 36

no, a spell will say target if it is targetting. one noteworthy exception to this might be aura's which do target upon casting.

Void06 · Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 179

The word "target" itself must be a part of the text in order to target. GLobal effects such as Wrath of God and Oblivion Stone kill all protection from white and untargetable creatures.

djww19 · Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 396

yeah, they've beat it to death, but it's a global effect, so "can't be target" doesn't save em. Sorry.

WildCard · Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Japan

each other creature gets 4 damage. its a 6/6 from urzas block i forget which. but t dosent target. must actually say target for something like that

Guest · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:54 am Post subject:

what about pro-red creatures and pyroclasm... i.e. does pyroclasm kill a silver knight or a paladin en-vec?

AlexTrebek · Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 140

No, pyroclasm doesn't kill pro-red creatures. Part of protection is "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this permanent by a source of the color/type it has protection from"

Guest · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:53 am Post subject:

scurvy · Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 119

Protection used to specifically refer to reducing the damage to zero, but that was an older edition of the rules. From the current comp rules on protection:

502.7e Any damage that would be dealt by sources that have the stated quality to a permanent that has protection is prevented.

However, damage prevented still doesn't trigger events related to dealing damage (like Spirit Link or Umezawa's Jitte) because the event that would set off the trigger has been prevented (by replacement effect) from happening. You'll be familiar with the way Dredge replaces a drawn card, thus preventing the draw from occuring.