If you use Baited Hook on a buffed unit and then use Sett's legend ability to save it, does Baited Hook resolve with the unit's might value before it was saved, or does it fail to find a killed unit?

Ruling: When Sett's legend ability saves a unit targeted by Baited Hook, the replacement effect changes "kill" to "recall." Since no unit was actually killed, Baited Hook cannot find a "killed unit" to reference for its might value. You will look at the top 5 cards but cannot play a unit, then recycle the rest.

Sequence:

  • Baited Hook begins resolving and attempts to kill the targeted unit
  • Sett's replacement effect intercedes during resolution, replacing the kill with a recall
  • The unit is recalled instead of killed
  • Baited Hook looks for the might of the "killed unit" but finds none (null or 0)
  • You look at the top 5 cards of your deck
  • You cannot play a unit because there is no valid might value to compare against
  • You recycle the remaining cards

Nuances:

  • Sett's ability is a replacement effect, not a trigger that goes on the chain - it intercedes during the resolution of other effects
  • The wording "killed unit" on Baited Hook requires an actual killed unit, not just a targeted unit
  • There was debate about whether the might value should be 0 or null when no unit is killed, but either way you cannot play a unit from the top 5