Was playing EDH last night and we got into a dispute over Shortcuts. An opponent cast Gilded Drake and announced he was going to take an opponents Palinchron. He waited for it to resolve as everyone had blue mana open. I had a Prophet of Kruphix out and counter magic but allowed it to resolve as he proposed a shortcut of it coming in and targeting palinchron. After it hit someone jestingly said, "Okay now take his Prophet" and I argued that he could not as we accepted the shortcut of him targeting palinchron.
He cannot do that. Once he has announced his shortcut he may only deviate from it if someone does something in response. Since no one did he must stick with what he said.
Edit: Here's what the Magic tournament rules say
• If a player casts a spell or activates an ability and announces choices for it that are not normally made
until resolution, the player must adhere to those choices unless an opponent responds to that spell or
ability. If an opponent inquires about choices made during resolution, that player is assumed to be
passing priority and allowing that spell or ability to resolve.
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Who was correct in this situation?
Edit: Here's what the Magic tournament rules say
• If a player casts a spell or activates an ability and announces choices for it that are not normally made
until resolution, the player must adhere to those choices unless an opponent responds to that spell or
ability. If an opponent inquires about choices made during resolution, that player is assumed to be
passing priority and allowing that spell or ability to resolve.