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I was reading Aaron Forsythe's article on Magicthegathering.com today
(True, False, Tidbits and Tricks) and came across his tip/trick with
Shining Shoal. Here's the passage in question...
"For example, let's say you have the strong opening of Isamaru, Hound of
Konda and Eight-and-a-Half-Tails. Your opponent was ready for your
weenie assault, however, and plays a turn-2 Pyroclasm. How can you use
your Shoal best? Say you have the Shoal in hand along with an extra copy
of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails (how convenient!). You can remove the Tails in
your hand from the game to play the Shoal for free, setting X to 2. You
choose your opponent as the target and the Pyroclasm as the source. Upon
resolution, you can chose to prevent any two of the damage that the
Pyroclasm is dealing to your creatures (or you, if it could). You would
wisely choose to prevent one damage to each of your guys, allowing them
both to survive, and dealing two damage to your very sad opponent."
Here's the text on Shining Shoal
Card Name: Shining Shoal
Cost: XWW
Type: Instant — Arcane
Pow/Tgh:
Rules Text: You may remove a white card with converted mana cost
X in your hand from the game rather than pay Shining
Shoal’s mana cost.
The next X damage that a source of your choice would
deal to you or a creature you control this turn is
dealt to target creature or player instead.
The text clearly says "a creature you control", not creatures you
control. So - can you redirect the damage a single source would
deal to multiple creatures, or only to a single creature? TIA.
Brian
I was reading Aaron Forsythe's article on Magicthegathering.com today
(True, False, Tidbits and Tricks) and came across his tip/trick with
Shining Shoal. Here's the passage in question...
"For example, let's say you have the strong opening of Isamaru, Hound of
Konda and Eight-and-a-Half-Tails. Your opponent was ready for your
weenie assault, however, and plays a turn-2 Pyroclasm. How can you use
your Shoal best? Say you have the Shoal in hand along with an extra copy
of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails (how convenient!). You can remove the Tails in
your hand from the game to play the Shoal for free, setting X to 2. You
choose your opponent as the target and the Pyroclasm as the source. Upon
resolution, you can chose to prevent any two of the damage that the
Pyroclasm is dealing to your creatures (or you, if it could). You would
wisely choose to prevent one damage to each of your guys, allowing them
both to survive, and dealing two damage to your very sad opponent."
Here's the text on Shining Shoal
Card Name: Shining Shoal
Cost: XWW
Type: Instant — Arcane
Pow/Tgh:
Rules Text: You may remove a white card with converted mana cost
X in your hand from the game rather than pay Shining
Shoal’s mana cost.
The next X damage that a source of your choice would
deal to you or a creature you control this turn is
dealt to target creature or player instead.
The text clearly says "a creature you control", not creatures you
control. So - can you redirect the damage a single source would
deal to multiple creatures, or only to a single creature? TIA.
Brian