Brutal Cathar can't be countered by Protect the Negotiators
Enemy casted Brutal Cathar and had no Mana left and nothing else on the board.
I casted Protect the Negotiators in response with 2 creatures on board, he would have needed to pay 2.
The usual popup where i can choose which spell i want to target didnt show up, instead i continued seeing the stack on the right side with my card on the top. I then painfully clicked on Brutal Cathar beneath my card and i got the pop up "Are you sure you want to target Brutal Cathar", i clicked yes.
Nothing happend, Brutal Cathar resolved and exiled one of my creatures.
Yes i targeted his creaturespell, no i did not target his trigger.
He was not able to pay the costs, my Counter simply didnt work.
Happend twice in different games to me.
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ilovebraisedmeats#57802 commented
As someone else stated, whenever you get the prompt "Are you sure?", it's because something is likely going to prevent your action from working. The simplest explanation is your opponent had Cavern of Souls and used its mana to cast the Cathar, making it uncounterable on the stack.
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sparksfamilyvalues#95319 commented
The game warned you because something was likely making it uncounterable, the most obvious reason being Cavern of Souls