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If my spell's target gains hexproof or leaves in response, what happens?

Several community members give the same answer in the forum threads; no official ruling.

  • JockiB · Community · 2013-04-29
  • Seabie · Community · 2013-04-29
  • Santiago · Community · 2021-04-11

Targets are checked again on resolution. If every target has become illegal, the spell does nothing and is removed from the stack; if only some are illegal, it still affects the legal ones.

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