Can a Salvage kill a Svellsongur equipped on an Ornn Forge God without paying Deflect costs?

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Accepted Answer

Yes, you can target and kill **Svellsongur** with **Salvage** without paying the **Deflect** cost granted by **Ornn, Forge God**.

According to the official rulings regarding **Svellsongur**:

*   **Deflect** is a keyword that applies to the unit it is attached to, not the equipment itself.
*   When an opponent targets **Svellsongur** directly (such as with **Salvage**), they do not need to pay the **Deflect** cost, even though the unit it is attached to has **Deflect**.
*   The copied keyword only applies to the unit wearing the equipment, not to the equipment card itself.

Therefore, because **Salvage** is targeting the gear (**Svellsongur**) and not the unit (**Ornn, Forge God**), the **Deflect** ability on **Ornn** does not impose an additional cost to play the spell.