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If opponent plays Icathian Rain and I respond with Hidden Blade using Sett's ability to save my unit and bring it back to base, does Icathian Rain fizzle or still persist?
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Ruling: Icathian Rain persists and does not fizzle. The IR triggers don't require the unit to be at a battlefield, and Sett's replacement effect keeps the unit on the board (just at base), so the triggers will still have a valid target and continue to resolve.
Sequence:
- Icathian Rain resolves and creates six reflexive triggers targeting units
- If you play Hidden Blade after IR triggers target, you can kill your buffed unit at various points in the sequence
- When the unit would die, Sett's replacement effect can prevent it from leaving the board by recalling it to base
- The remaining IR triggers still see the unit as a legal target at base and continue dealing damage to it
- If the unit was saved by Sett from the first death, the remaining triggers will kill it again
Nuances:
- If the buffed unit is exactly 7 Might with the buff, you must choose between drawing 2 from Hidden Blade or saving the unit - you cannot do both (the unit will be recalled at 6 Might after the buff is spent and then take 6 more damage from remaining triggers)
- If the unit is 7 Might or higher without the buff, you can both draw 2 and save it with Sett
- If the unit is 6 Might or less, Icathian Rain can kill it regardless of timing
- You can kill your buffed unit before IR resolves and decline Sett replacement to redirect all IR triggers to opponent's units (if you only control the buffed unit)
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