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Do you still get gold when someone flashes your Blood Money or Wages of Pain target?

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FAQ #8557·asked by 261448760188469248·March 7, 2026·Rules v1.4·Asked before Vendetta
Answer

Ruling: Blood Money will NOT give gold if the target becomes illegal (leaves the battlefield). Wages of Pain WILL still give the gold token even if the target becomes illegal.

Sequence:

  • When a spell is played, its target is locked when placed on the chain
  • If the target leaves the battlefield before resolution, it becomes illegal
  • The spell still attempts to resolve (does not fizzle entirely)
  • Instructions that cannot be followed are ignored
  • Instructions that don't reference target information are still executed

Nuances:

  • Blood Money checks information about the target ("if it was an enemy unit" / "if it was a friendly unit"), which returns null when the target is illegal, causing those conditional instructions to be ignored
  • Wages of Pain's gold token generation is a separate instruction after a full stop that doesn't reference target information, so it executes even when the damage cannot be dealt
  • The presence of a full stop creates independent instructions, but only those that don't require checking information about illegal targets will execute
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