Incorrect rules interaction: Rootha, Mercurial artist activated ability
Rootha, Mercurial artist (a 1/4) blocked an enemy 3/3. My opponent played an instant boosting their creature to 4/4 and damage instantly resolved killing Rootha, Mercurial artist. I had mana open to use Rootha, Mercurial artist's activated ability to return her to my hand before damage but was not allowed to. This cost me the game. (PC version of arena)
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Snst-404#39108 commented
Rootha's ability targets a spell you control on the stack, as far as im aware you can't use its ability if there are no valid targets, kinda like you can't cast counterspell without having a spell on the stack