If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its ownerвЂ™s library instead of into its ownerвЂ™s graveyard.вЂќ) DonвЂ™t just apply effects step by step without thinking in these cases-read the whole text and apply the rules of English to the text. It canвЂ™t be regeneratedвЂќ or вЂњCounter target spell. In some cases, later text on the card may modify the meaning of earlier text (for example, вЂњDestroy target creature. However, replacement effects may modify these actions. 608.2c The controller of the spell or ability follows its instructions in the order written.The вЂњdestroy target nonblack creatureвЂќ part of the spell wonвЂ™t affect that permanent, but the вЂњdestroy target landвЂќ part of the spell will still destroy it. Plague Spores still resolves because the black creature land is still a legal target for the вЂњtarget landвЂќ part of the spell. They canвЂ™t be regenerated.вЂќ Suppose the same creature land is chosen both as the nonblack creature and as the land, and the color of the creature land is changed to black before Plague Spores resolves. Its controller doesnвЂ™t gain any life.Д®xample: Plague Spores reads, вЂњDestroy target nonblack creature and target land. Any part of the effect that requires that information wonвЂ™t happen.Д®xample: SorinвЂ™s Thirst is a black instant that reads, вЂњSorinвЂ™s Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.вЂќ If the creature isnвЂ™t a legal target during the resolution of SorinвЂ™s Thirst (say, if the creature has gained protection from black or left the battlefield), then SorinвЂ™s Thirst doesnвЂ™t resolve. If part of the effect requires information about an illegal target, it fails to determine any such information. If the spell or ability creates any continuous effects that affect game rules (see rule 613.11), those effects donвЂ™t apply to illegal targets. Other parts of the effect for which those targets are not illegal may still affect them.

Illegal targets, if any, wonвЂ™t be affected by parts of a resolving spellвЂ™s effect for which theyвЂ™re illegal. Otherwise, the spell or ability will resolve normally. ItвЂ™s removed from the stack and, if itвЂ™s a spell, put into its ownerвЂ™s graveyard. If all its targets, for every instance of the word вЂњtarget,вЂќ are now illegal, the spell or ability doesnвЂ™t resolve. If the source of an ability has left the zone it was in, its last known information is used during this process. Other changes to the game state may cause a target to no longer be legal for example, its characteristics may have changed or an effect may have changed the text of the spell. A target thatвЂ™s no longer in the zone it was in when it was targeted is illegal. 608.2b If the spell or ability specifies targets, it checks whether the targets are still legal.If it isnвЂ™t, the ability is removed from the stack and does nothing. 608.2a If a triggered ability has an intervening вЂњifвЂќ clause, it checks whether the clauseвЂ™s condition is true.The step described in rule 608.2m is followed last. The steps described in rules 608.2cвЂ“k are then followed as appropriate, in no specific order. The steps described in rules 608.2a and 608.2b are followed first. If the object thatвЂ™s resolving is an instant spell, a sorcery spell, or an ability, its resolution may involve several steps. Each time all players pass in succession, the spell or ability on top of the stack resolves. From the Comprehensive Rules (November 19, 2021- Innistrad: Crimson Vow)

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