Targeting creature
Asked by Wbg1415 3 years ago
I have on the board Asceticism and a Llanowar Tribe . My opponent has Phyrexian Obliterator on board and during his turn he casts Pit Fight onto phyrexian Obliterator and wants to force it to fight my Llanowar Tribe. Since I have Asceticism on board and it states "Creatures I control can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control." Pit fight states target creature you control fights another target creature. But my creatures can't be target due to Asceticism, correct or not?
There's no ambiguity with targeting either. If something says target, it targets; if it does not say target, it does not (with a few exceptions for keywords that target in their rules, like equip meaning "attach this Equipment to target creature you control").
Pit Fight clearly names two creatures, one of which the caster has to control, as targets. Asceticism specifies that your creatures cannot be targets for things your opponents control, so they can only cast Pit Fight targeting their own creatures.
Metroid_Hybrid says... Accepted answer #1
Correct..
The wording of Asceticism is as extremely straightforward as it sounds.
March 20, 2021 7:51 p.m.