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If I activate Temporal Portal's ability and play Hidden Blade with Repeat, targeting the same unit (Stalwart Poro) twice, and it dies, do I draw 2 or 4 cards?
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Ruling: This interaction lacks clear resolution in the current rules. The community is divided between two interpretations with no official answer yet.
Two Main Interpretations:
Draw 4 Position:
- The spell moved the unit to a different zone, so rule 356.3.e.13 allows the spell to "look back" at the unit's characteristics (including its controller) for all instructions within that spell
- Since Repeat creates one spell that executes instructions twice, both "its controller draws 2" instructions can reference the same target's information
- The spell as a whole caused the zone change, so all instructions can access that information
Draw 2 Position:
- Target legality should be checked as each instruction executes, not just at the start of resolution
- The second "Kill a unit at a battlefield" instruction has an illegal target (unit is already dead/in trash)
- When the target becomes illegal, "its controller" returns null per 356.3.e.12
- Each targeting choice creates a discrete block of instructions that must independently verify target legality
Nuances:
- This same ambiguity affects Hidden Blade + Zhonya's Hourglass with Repeat (does the unit die through Zhonya's on the second kill?)
- The core issue is whether 356.3.e rules check target legality once at resolution start or continuously during resolution
- Rule 356.3.e.13 may be overly broad in allowing spells to reference units they moved
- The phrase "by the time the spell is finished being played" in 356.3.e is ambiguous
- Riot has acknowledged the thread but provided no official ruling yet
- This will likely be addressed in a future Comprehensive Rules Document update or FAQ
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