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Ruling question (MtG)...?
I have a quick question about the stack and card wording. Trading Post has an effect that says 1, tap, sacrifice a creature: return an artifact from graveyard to hand. Let's say I have a Solemn Simulacrum on the field which I want to sacrifice. Because I sacrifice it as part of the activated ability's cost, would I be able to return the same Simulacrum to hand that I just sacrificed? Or do I have to have a legal target BEFORE Simulacrum goes to the yard?
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- MagicianTrentLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
The target(s) of an ability are chosen as the ability is activated, which is simultaneous to the paying of the costs. As such, the simluacrum would not be in the graveyard at the time targets would be selected.
If it simply says to choose an artifact card in your graveyard, this choice wouldn't happen until the resolution of the ability, so you could then select the Simulacrum. But if it says "Target Artifact card", then you can't.
- Adachi TohruLv 79 years ago
You can't because it says "target" which means you have to choose a target before you sac the creature.
