Story Circle vs Protection from White
Mike Schulze
Player one plays black, has a creature with protection from white.
Player two has a Story Circle against black.
Does the Circle targets to the creature and so the creature's damage can't
be prevented because of the protection?
Steve Lord
> Hi all
>
> Player one plays black, has a creature with protection from white.
>
> Player two has a Story Circle against black.
Story Circle
1WW
Enchantment
As Story Circle comes into play, choose a color.
W: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would
deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Yes, you can choose the prot-black creature as the 'source of your choice'
whose damage the Story Circle shield will prevent. Prot-white does 4
things, none of which are "~this~ can't be chosen by a white permanent or
spell that requires a choice." [If Story Circle were targetted, then it
would not be a legal choice ... but it doesn't say it's targetted so it's
not.]
Now, let's see what you actually asked :)
> Does the Circle targets to the creature and so the creature's damage can't
> be prevented because of the protection?
No.
Steve L
Jeff Heikkinen
> Hi all
>
> Player one plays black, has a creature with protection from white.
>
> Player two has a Story Circle against black.
>
> be prevented because of the protection?
It's one of the most common answers on here:
If it doesn't say "target", it doesn't target. It's that simple. (And
Story Circle doesn't.)
David DeLaney
>Player one plays black, has a creature with protection from white.
>
>Player two has a Story Circle against black.
>
>Does the Circle targets to the creature and so the creature's damage can't
>be prevented because of the protection?
Nope.
STORY CIRCLE 1WW Enchantment
As ~ comes into play, choose a color. / W: The next time a source of your
choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that
damage.
This doesn't say 'target' anywhere ... and this isn't a local enchantment
spell trying to be cast -on top of- the creature. So this isn't targetting the
creature in any way. You can -choose- the creature as a black source of
damage just fine; protection from white doesn't say anything about stopping
that. So the Story Circle's ability can prevent damage from the proWhite
creature just fine.
ProWhite does _not_ mean "white stuff can't affect this at all", by any means.
It just means "any -damage- to this from white sources gets prevented; this
can't be -enchanted- by white local enchantments; this can't be -blocked by-
white creatures; and this can't be the -target- of white spells or of abilities
from white sources". The Story Circle isn't doing any of this, so isn't
stopped.
Dave
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