With the new rules patch allowing triggered abilities with costs to be refused, can an opponent choose to target Pouty Poro only once with Falling Star's two triggers by refusing the second trigger after Deflect adds a cost?

Ruling: Yes, the opponent can effectively choose to target Pouty Poro only once. While they must choose targets for both triggers, they can refuse to pay the Deflect cost on the second trigger, which removes it from the chain before it finalizes.

Sequence:

• Falling Star resolves and creates two reflexive triggers, adding them to the chain as pending items
• Both pending triggers are finalized one at a time
• For each trigger: declare targets and make choices, determine total cost (including Deflect as a mandatory additional cost), then pay costs
• At the cost payment stage, the player may decline to pay for triggered abilities that have incurred a cost (like Deflect)
• If declined, the ability is removed from the chain and never becomes a chain item
• This happens before any other player gets priority

Nuances:

• Both triggers are put on the chain at the same time as pending items, but finalization happens one at a time
• The decision to target and pay Deflect or decline must be made for all pending items before other players get priority to finalize cards
• When a trigger is declined, it ceases being a pending item and is removed from the chain entirely