If I played {tribute to hunger} can my opponent respond with {Altar's Reap}?
Yes but he must then sacrifice another creature for tribute to hunger. One creature cannot be sacrificed twice.
The tribute targets the player not the creature. If the creature was targeted, then he could reap the creature and kill it before your spell could.
Quote from: Testset on January 23, 2014, 11:13:22 AM
Quote from: Pi on January 23, 2014, 10:16:24 AM
The tribute targets the player not the creature.
Based on the title of this post, I think this is the most important distinction here. If the card said "The controller of target creature sacrifices it," then the spell would fizzle completely since, upon resolution, the target is no longer legal.
Note too, that sacrificing a creature is part of {Altar's Reap}'s cost, not an effect. So if the {Tribute to Hunger} was cast in response to a Reap, it still would not prevent it. The creature was sacrificed at casting, therefore dying before priority is even passed.
The target is perfectly legal. Not having a creature to sac is fine as long as the player can still be targeted. This is important for effects that tag along like scry. If every target for a spell with scry is illegal then you do not scry.
Alright so my spell would fizzle. He said it would but I got confused.
Thanks everyone!