Does redirect work on creatures?
Creature spells and the Invocation do not target anything. Using Redirect on them will do nothing of use. There’s no target, so there’s no target you can change. So your opponent’s Invocation will resolve like normal and they’ll still get the tokens.
Is redirected damage still combat damage?
Yes, redirecting something does not affect the source of the damage in any way. If it was dealt as part of the game actions at the start of the normal or first strike combat damage step it will still be classed as combat damage for any relevant abilities/triggers.
How does Gideon’s sacrifice work?
Gideon’s Sacrifice doesn’t change the source of the damage or whether the damage is combat damage. If you cast more than one Gideon’s Sacrifice in one turn, all damage that would be dealt at once to you and/or permanents you control is dealt to one of the chosen permanents of your choice.
How does Narset’s reversal work?
Narset’s Reversal and the copy resolve before the original spell would have resolved. If a spell is returned to its owner’s hand, it’s removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn’t countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can’t be countered.
Can you redirect an enchantment?
And yes, you may Redirect the enchantment as long as it’s an Aura and it was cast. Duress targets an opponent. Duress’ controller can’t be his own opponent. Redirect lets you choose new targets for a spell, but you can’t choose an illegal target.
Can you redirect damage to Planeswalkers?
You can redirect non-combat damage that a source you control would deal from an opponent to a planeswalker that player controls. You can’t redirect combat damage, you can’t redirect other players damage, and you can’t redirect damage to your own planeswalker, but the spell or ability doesn’t need to target a player.
How does damage redirection work?
A redirection effect is a kind of replacement effect that causes damage that would be dealt to one creature, planeswalker, or player to be dealt instead to another creature, planeswalker, or player. Some older cards were printed with the term “redirect” to indicate a redirection effect.
Can Deflecting Palm cause a draw?
As a result, Deflecting Palm’s damage dealing effect happens at the same time (well, technically immediately after the prevention, but still before state-based actions are checked). This means you are both at 0 or less life when state-based actions are checked, so you both lose simultaneously; resulting in a draw.
How does price of betrayal work?
Price of Betrayal has only one target. You may remove different kinds of counters from that one target, and you may also remove multiples of the same kind of counter from that one target. Players don’t normally have counters, but some cards in other sets say that a player “gets” a counter of a certain kind.
Does Gideon’s sacrifice target a creature?
Gideon’s Sacrifice rulings: 2019-05-03: Gideon’s Sacrifice has no effect on damage already dealt earlier in the turn. 2019-05-03: If you control no creatures or planeswalkers as Gideon’s Sacrifice resolves, nothing happens.
