Hi all,
I was wondering if the effect of disrupt decorum would effect a creature equipped with lightning greaves.
The equipped creature has hexproof and shroud, but isn't specifically being targeted.
Any thoughts?
Thank you!
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The equipped creature has hexproof and shroud, but isn't specifically being targeted.
702.18. Shroud
702.18a Shroud is a static ability. “Shroud” means “This permanent or player can’t be the target of spells or abilities.”
115.1a An instant or sorcery spell is targeted if its spell ability identifies something it will affect by using the phrase “target [something],” where the “something” is a phrase that describes an object and/or player. The target(s) are chosen as the spell is cast; see rule 601.2c. (If an activated or triggered ability of an instant or sorcery uses the word target, that ability is targeted, but the spell is not.)
Example: A sorcery card has the ability “When you cycle this card, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.” This triggered ability is targeted, but that doesn’t make the card it’s on targeted.
115.10. Spells and abilities can affect objects and players they don’t target. In general, those objects and players aren’t chosen until the spell or ability resolves. See rule 608, “Resolving Spells and Abilities.”
115.10a Just because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn’t make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word “target” in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it’s not a target.
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I was wondering if the effect of disrupt decorum would effect a creature equipped with lightning greaves.
The equipped creature has hexproof and shroud, but isn't specifically being targeted.
Any thoughts?
Thank you!
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-MadMage
[c]Lightning Greaves[/c] -> Lightning Greaves
Yes (assuming that creature doesn't have the same controller as Disrupt Decorum).