Damage redirection

Haytrid · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 11

Can someone tell me how this would work? It hasn't happened to me yet, but I foresee the possibility.

Outrider en-kor in play and any other creature under my control

someone lightning bolt or whatever the outrider, damage on stack.

Wording on outrider is {next} 1 damage, I redirect next "x" to other creature. Opponent kills/unsummons/removes other creature.

Does the outrider then have to take the damage or is it redirected because the target was legal at the time I used the ability?

Thanks,

Haytrid

Laplie · League Staff Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 532

if the object the damage was redirected to becomes illegal on resolution, the original object gets the damage.

Note: This is different from changing the target of a lightning bolt with something like Misdirection. If the new target was gone after misdirection resolved but before bolt, bolt will be countered on resolution for lack of a legal target.

Linkman · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 72

Even worse, when the damage would be redirected, and the guy you're redirecting to is gone, the original target gets the damage, not just when the ability is illegal.