If I have a scalelord reckoner and my opponent plays gilded drake targeting a dragon I control, would scalelords ability triggering and hitting gilded drake nullify the effect (since gilded drake says exchange.)
If I have a scalelord reckoner and my opponent plays gilded drake targeting a dragon I control, would scalelords ability triggering and hitting gilded drake nullify the effect (since gilded drake says exchange.)
Yes, it would. The Reckoner's trigger would resolve first, destroying the Drake, and then when the Drake's ability resolves, no exchange can happen, so nothing happens to the Reckoner.
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Rule 701.9a: A spell or ability may instruct players to exchange something [...], if the entire exchange can’t be completed, no part of the exchange occurs.
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