So, me and a few friends were playing casual EDH the other day. One of them was playing a precon that focuses on bouncing cards with flickerwisp and a few other things. Well the problem arose when he played down flickerwisp and said, "I'm gonna exile sun titan and- oh wait, not that one nvm." But he had already exiled the card. He put it in exile then returned it and grabbed a different card. We told him since he already named sun titan and exiled it that he shouldn't be able to change it and he said to f**k off and he was gonna do it anyways. He then said that there's a ruled about naming the wrong card and that if you name the wrong one you're allowed to change it because some guy messed up with pithing needle. I've been looking for this rule and can't find it anywhere so if anyone knows it please let me know. Basically I'm just wondering is he allowed to just undo an entire thing like that and pick a different target if he said the wrong thing?
Thanks in advance.
First, you don't name a card with Flickerwisp so the comparison to Pithing Needle is not relevant. You choose a target. Regarding choosing a target and then changing your mind, the rules allow for someone to change their mind as long as they do so quickly and no information has been gained. The latter is problematic as the lack of action regarding the original target can be considered information.
In reality though, this just comes down to your playgroup's leniency. It seems like the decision was reversed relatively quickly, so I might suggest that you just let them change their mind. If you choose to adhere to a strict, unbending interpretation of the rules, the target is chosen and the ability resolved which means he is "locked in" to the target of Sun Titan.
Also, there is a forum for Rules questions where this should be asked. And it requires card tags as well.
Thank you so much! This helped a lot I wasn't really sure about how this worked. And thank you for he suggestion on the format (new to the site so I didn't know) again I really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance.
In reality though, this just comes down to your playgroup's leniency. It seems like the decision was reversed relatively quickly, so I might suggest that you just let them change their mind. If you choose to adhere to a strict, unbending interpretation of the rules, the target is chosen and the ability resolved which means he is "locked in" to the target of Sun Titan.
Also, there is a forum for Rules questions where this should be asked. And it requires card tags as well.