When playing Piercing Light with Repeat, if one target is removed via Flash, does the other target still die?

Ruling: When you play Piercing Light with Repeat, it is all one spell (not reflexive triggers like Flame Strike or Ignite Rage). You perform the spell's actions twice during resolution, choosing targets when you finalize the spell after paying the repeat cost. If one target is removed (e.g., via Flash), the other target still takes damage and dies.

Sequence:

• Pay the repeat cost and finalize the spell, choosing all targets for both executions
• Resolve the spell, performing its text twice
• Each execution deals damage to its chosen targets
• Targets that are still valid when their damage resolves will take that damage

Nuances:

• This does NOT work like Flame Strike or Ignite Rage (no reflexive triggers)
• Treat it as if the spell appended its text to itself
• If the repeated spell is countered by Defy, both executions are countered because it's one spell