Lutri / Pyrokinesis Bug
my opponent had three creatures with a combined toughness of 8 (a 2/2, a 2/3, and a 3/3). I wanted to cast pyrokinesis from my hand, copy it with lutri, and destroy all three. When I cast pyro, I selected all 3 creatures, putting 2 dmg on the 2/2, and 1 dmg each on the 3 toughness creatures. Since lutri says I can change the targets of the spell, I believe I should’ve been able to put the remaining 2 dmg on each of the remaining creatures with the pyrokinesis copy. However, the copy would not allow me to submit my targets unless I selected all three previously targeted creatures, forcing me to put an extra damage on the 2/2 and leave one of the other creatures alive.
WotC_VNDR_Emerson#67550
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Futureidk#83157
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Rezzan It does let you change the targets. In you example, the copy of the spell would not let you choose the third creature. The submit botton is only clickable if you choose the same creatures you chose for the original pyrokinesis.
Either way thats absolutely ridiculous given Lutri literally says you can choose new targets for the spell. Why would it be that the targets lock for the new copy if it can change targets?
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Rezzahan#77802
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Not a bug. When you distribute something among targets, that distribution has to be chosen when the spell or ability is put on the stack. A spell or ability with a variable number of targets locks that number in once you have chosen it. You cannot change the number of targets nor the distribution among them. All you are allowed to change for the copy is the targets themselves.
The correct choice would have been to distribute the 4 damage among two targets, 1 and 3. Target the 2/2 with the 1 damage, and a 3 toughness one with the 3 damage. The copy can then target the 2/2 again for 1 damage, and the other 3 toughness creature with the 3 damage.
Or, 1 and 1 and 2 damage among 3 targets. Then you have to assign the 2 damage to a 3 toughness creature, and the copy has to assign it to the other 3 toughness creature. But asll three creatures have to survive the first Pyrokinesis resolving.