Lesson 1 [solved:DragonMaster99]

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LESSON 1

How to know when the card targets and when not

Most of you are aware that some cards have effects that "target" cards and some simply don't do that. Seeing it with general logic, when the card has an effect that selects card(s), that would be "targeting" them. However, some cards select but do not target.

Trishula, The Dragon of the Ice Barrier.

Mind Control.

Creature Swap.

This Lesson's task is to explain effects of these 3 cards, do they target or not, then explain why. After that explain how can we know if some card targets or not, as simple as possible (complex answers will not be considered correct because if you can't explain something in a simple way, then you don't know it well enough).

Subject: Re: Lesson 1 [solved:DragonMaster99] Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:30 pm

Trishula does not target because one of the cards is from the hand, and cards in the hand can not be targeted.

Mind control targets.

Creature swap does not target, the monsters are chosen during resolution.

If you choose a card at activation, then it targets, if you choose during resolution, then it does not target.

Further Infomation:
Wikia Explaination (lengthy): http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Target
Pojo's Big Grand List of Things that Target: http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=848277

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