Leyline of sanctity not protecting against permanents
With Leyline of Sanctity in play (and also Omniscience if that matters), opponent's Magebane Lizard and Roiling Vortex were still damaging me via their triggered abilities each time I casted a spell. Was a ranked mythic match :( . Logs will not upload and they are < 40000kb. Only other nonland permanents in play were hopeless nightmare and monastery swiftspear.
Meatberger#28064
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Rezzahan#77802
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Magebane Lizard and Roiling Vortex do not target you, so Leyline of Sanctity cannot stop them. Leyline only helps against spells and abilities that target you. Being affected is not the same as being targeted.
115.10. Spells and abilities can affect objects and players they don’t target. In general, those objects and
players aren’t chosen until the spell or ability resolves. See rule 608, “Resolving Spells and
Abilities.”115.10a Just because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn’t make that
object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the
word “target” in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it’s not a
target.115.10b In particular, the word “you” in an object’s text doesn’t indicate a target