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If I play Hidden Blade targeting my own unit and my opponent chains Gust on that unit (removing it from the battlefield), do I still draw 2 cards?
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Ruling: No, you do not draw 2 cards. When Hidden Blade resolves, it checks if the target is still legal. Since the unit is no longer on the battlefield, it is not a legal target, and any check for information about an illegal target returns "zero" or "null", including "its controller", resulting in no draw.
Sequence:
- Hidden Blade is played targeting your own unit
- Opponent chains Gust, removing the unit from the battlefield
- Hidden Blade resolves and rechecks target validity
- Target is found to be illegal (no longer on battlefield)
- All checks against the illegal target's information return null
- No player draws cards
Nuances:
- Despite the unit still existing as a game object and having a controller attribute, the spell cannot track/access that information because it is no longer a legal target
- Riftbound does not use "last known information" rules, so you cannot reference the controller from before the unit left the battlefield
- A target can become illegal and then become re-legal before resolution (as long as it's the same game object), but in this case the unit remains illegal
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