Shroud Interaction Bug
Here is the situation:
I have a Sylvan Safekeeper.
My opponent casts Flame Slash targeting my Sylvan Safekeeper.
In response, I sacrifice a land to give my Sylvan Safekeeper shroud.
In response , my opponent casts Lutri, the Spellchaser.
In response (Lutri still on the stack) I sacrifice a land to give my Sylvan Safekeeper shroud.
Lutri, the Spellchaser resolves, and it must copy the Flame Slash.
Everything up to this point is correct.
Lutri copies Flame Slash.
Flame Slash targets my Sylvan Safekeeper, which has shroud.
Flame slash either resolves or fizzles, I’m not sure which, because my creature lives.
According to shroud, my opponent should have had to target their own creature, right?
If this isn’t a bug, does the “You may choose new targets for the copy” clause on Lutri get around shroud?
My best guess is that shroud is protecting the creature, but is still allowing targets, at least from copies. I know someone else had an ability target a creature with shroud, so this is probably the same issue.
prmenze#28242
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Rezzahan#77802
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The spell fizzled due to shroud, hence why your creature lived. And it is the "you may choose new targets for the copy" clause, that makes it so, that a new target does not have to be chosen. It's a "may", changing the target is optional. The copy is created with the target of the original, be it still legal or not. But if the target is illegal by the time the copy would resolve, it fizzles.