i have in play {Ashling, the Extinguisher}
opponent only have {Geist of Saint Traft} in play tapped
i attacked Ashling, opponent takes damage, Ashlings skill will be nulled?
It will not. The player is still a legal target.
But he targets a creature that player controls.
Under the rulings for ashling it states that it targets. On ashling it says that player sacrifices 'target' creature. It is an odd one.
I mean, you could just read the card's text. It says 'target creature', not 'that player sacrifices a creature of your choice'. It's close to what you want it to be, but Hexproof still stops it. The creature has to be a legal target for you to force them to sacrifice it.
so Geist really is a problem :)
thanks
Man, I saw Ashling at first in the first post and I was all ready to say 'Yes! Ashling's exploding damage gets around Hexproof!'. But then you were talking about the Extinguisher, not {Ashling the Pilgrim}.
But yeah, Geist is tricky to deal with. Of course, you could just keep your own 2-power Hexproof blocker on defense to kill it :P
Crap. Sorry guys. I swore it said target player. Excuse my language.
No problem I misread things all the time