Say you have Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist in play, and Unnatural Selection.
Once someone declares an attacker, if you use Unnatural Selection's ability to change its creature type to Salamander...
What happens then?
Does the attack become illegal and they have to change their declaration?
Does it attack anyway and just deal no damage?
Are these two separated by timing?
Say you have Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist in play, and Unnatural Selection.
Once someone declares an attacker, if you use Unnatural Selection's ability to change its creature type to Salamander...
What happens then?
Does the attack become illegal and they have to change their declaration?
Nothing about that attack is illegal, regardless of timing. That is not part of what protection does.
702.16. Protection
702.16a Protection is a static ability, written “Protection from [quality].” This quality is usually a color (as in “protection from black”) but can be any characteristic value or information. If the quality happens to be a card name, it is treated as such only if the protection ability specifies that the quality is a name. If the quality is a card type, subtype, or supertype, the ability applies to sources that are permanents with that card type, subtype, or supertype and to any sources not on the battlefield that are of that card type, subtype, or supertype. This is an exception to rule 109.2.
702.16b A permanent or player with protection can’t be targeted by spells with the stated quality and can’t be targeted by abilities from a source with the stated quality.
702.16c A permanent or player with protection can’t be enchanted by Auras that have the stated quality. Such Auras attached to the permanent or player with protection will be put into their owners’ graveyards as a state-based action. (See rule 704, “State-Based Actions.”)
702.16d A permanent with protection can’t be equipped by Equipment that have the stated quality or fortified by Fortifications that have the stated quality. Such Equipment or Fortifications become unattached from that permanent as a state-based action, but remain on the battlefield. (See rule 704, “State-Based Actions.”)
702.16e Any damage that would be dealt by sources that have the stated quality to a permanent or player with protection is prevented.
702.16f Attacking creatures with protection can’t be blocked by creatures that have the stated quality.
That will be the only impact of making that attacking creature a Salamander (CR 702.16e).
Also, even if there were an effect here that would make an attack illegal, waiting until after attackers are declared is too late.
506.4a Once a creature has been declared as an attacking or blocking creature, spells or abilities that would have kept that creature from attacking or blocking don’t remove the creature from combat.
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Once someone declares an attacker, if you use Unnatural Selection's ability to change its creature type to Salamander...
What happens then?
Does the attack become illegal and they have to change their declaration?
Does it attack anyway and just deal no damage?
Are these two separated by timing?
Nothing about that attack is illegal, regardless of timing. That is not part of what protection does.
That will be the only impact of making that attacking creature a Salamander (CR 702.16e).
Also, even if there were an effect here that would make an attack illegal, waiting until after attackers are declared is too late.