Exile until leaves the battlefield works inxorrectly
I noticed in the starter deck duel event that creatures that exile a creature until they leave the battlefield do not work correctly.
My situation:
I played the 5{W} creature that exile a creature until it leaves the battlefield as an ETB effect. After I select a target (the opponents token creature) the opponent responds with a burn spell on my ETB creature, killing it before its ETB effect resolves.
What should happen:
Their creature should still get exiled.
What happened:
My creature died, and its etb effect fizzled.
This interaction is incorrect. The state of being exiled cannot end before it begins as it was part of the same ETB triggered effect. This cost me the game and was very frustrating. Please fix this rules mishap.
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ilovebraisedmeats#57802 commented
The "rules mishap" you're describing is a correct rules interaction that has been around for ages.
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Rezzahan#77802 commented
No, this works exactly as the rules state it does, specifically rule 610.3b. (Added rules 610.3 and 610.3a for context clarity)
610.3. Some one-shot effects cause an object to change zones “until” a specified event occurs. A second
one-shot effect is created immediately after the specified event. This second one-shot effect returns
the object to its previous zone.610.3a If a resolving spell or activated ability creates the initial one-shot effect that causes the
object to change zones, and the specified event has already occurred before that one-shot effect
would occur but after that spell or ability was put onto the stack, the object doesn’t move.610.3b If a resolving triggered ability creates the initial one-shot effect that causes the object to
change zones, and the specified event has already occurred before that one-shot effect would
occur but after that ability triggered, the object doesn’t move. -
DAC169#34537 commented
That is working as intended. Not a bug.