Electrolyze

Senadai · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 73

http://magiccards.info/gp/en/111/

How does thisc card work:

1)Can you target 5 creatures/players and assign damage on resolution

OR

2)Can you only target one or two creatures/players and it does 2 damage to the one or 1 damagage to each of the two.

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I had multiple people rule the 2nd one (I had thought first) in the trial and I don't dispute the ruling; I just really want to understand why it works that way. Why can't you target 5 creatures and assign damage 0-0-0-0-2 on resolution?

Thanks!

EDIT:
Draconis explained it to me, is this why?
[01:21] <Draconis> cuz has to deal dmg to each target
[01:21] <Draconis> in order to taret it
[01:22] <Senadai> oh. so it has to have the intent of dealing damage to a creature in order to target it?
[01:22] <Draconis> yes
[01:23] <Draconis> intent was a good word

~Senadai

Taoofss · Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Posts: 308

cause you assign the damage when you choose the target, not after the spell resolutes. its like saying i play blaze, i wont determain x until it resolves. nope

Guest · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject:

its so easy
electrolyze has to damage to deal
so he can:
a) deal 2 damage to a single creature
b) deal 1 damage to 2 creatures
c) deal 2 damge to a single player
d) deal 1 damage to 2 different players
e) deal 1 damge to a single creature and 1 damage to a single player

and no matter which option u choose u draw a single card

Wurly · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 37

I'm pretty sure the damage must be assigned upon playing the spell and because 0 damage is not damage, such a target would not be a legal target. For example, you can not target a sakura tribe elder and a player then choose to do 2 damage to the player if they sac the elder.

I am less sure about this, but I believe assigning damage and choosing target's are the only decisions that need to be made upon something going on the stack. If there are other things, I would like to know.

Argent · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 32

CharToFace · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 1

you choose targets, as well as where the damage is going to be dealt as you cast the spell, you can have a maximum of 2 targets and a minimum of 1 target.

Guest · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:06 am Post subject:

No CharToFace, you cant. In you're haste to 'read the card' I think you forgot a little tool thats comonly available called the Gatherer. If you dont know already, this pretty tool has all the errata and a good healthy dose of rule notes for one such as yourself to look at before makeing silly comments.

And I quote, "Feb 1, 2006 - "Any number" can be only 1 or 2. It can't be 0 because you can't distribute 2 damage among 0 targets. It can't be 3 or more because there are only 2 points of damage to distribute."

Problem solved? Look it up yourself!

Argent · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 32

Whoops....^^^=me

snoopster · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 666 Location: nj

shock only deals 3 dmg...

Argent · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 32

Huh? Shock...where?

Guest · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject: