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The only thing {Spellskite} can change the target of is doublestrike. It can target the 4 damage to target player effect but it will fizzle because {Spellskite} is not a player, thus cannot be a valid target.

The 4 damage cannot be redirected by {Spellskite}.

No to the second part as well, unless you're tapping a creature with heroic to convoke a spell that targets that creature. Tapping it for convoke doesn't trigger heroic; you're essentially just paying an alternate cost.

Yes and no. According to the card's rulings (which I can't copy/paste on my phone), a creature can come into play as a copy of the opponent's PW when it is a creature, but it comes on to the battlefieldm as a PW, not a creature.

So you would get  {Gideon Jura} or  {Gideon, Champion of Justice} with their base loualty counters, but it would not be a creature when it enters the battlefield. So you can copy, but you wouldn't be able to, say, block an attacking  {Gideon Jura} by copying in response to him being declared as an attacker.

I'd love to see your marath
List!

1x  {Marath, Will of the Wild}
33x Plains
33x Mountain
33x Forest

lol

If you're gonna run {Mindcrank}, you should definitely consider  {Bloodchief Ascension}!

Long story. Let's call it sentimental reasons :-)

Haha, fair enough.

Why  {Vizzerdrix}? I feel like there are better options than a 7 CMC 6/6 :p But maybe I'm missing something...

For creatures, I would recommend  {Shocker},  {Barbed Shocker},  {Dragon Mage},  {Whirlpool Warrior},  {Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind},  and {Nin, the Pain Artist} to start off. Also, keep in mind things like  {Helm of the Ghastlord},  {Elder Mastery}, and  {Neko-Te} work with  {Nekusar, the Mindrazer}'s ability. {Hive Mind} may not be a bad choice with the wheel spells, too.

Edit: If you're going the wheel route, consider picking up  {Dream Halls}. You'll be discarding your hand often anyway, and this saves quite a bit on mana.

You would already control the curse. It would be affecting your opponent, but still under your control, so it wouldn't be a valid target. Also, you would have to exchange control with another enchantment since it required the cards to share a type - if your opponent has no enchantments on te field, you wouldnt be able to exchange it anyway. Lands on neither side can be targeted.

Somewhat along the same lines...if I cast  {Tempt with Vengeance}, if my opponent(s) choose to take the 1/1s, am I able to  {Gather Specimens} in response and take control of the creatures they put into play?

Over on the commander forums there's a post for staple board wipes for all colors. It's on one of the first few pages I think. I personally like  {Decree of Pain}.

Correct. Your opponent can't lose more life than he/she has, so once at zero you no longer have a valid target for {Sanguine Bond} and thus the loop stops.

To further elaborate, {Spellskite} can only change something that targets. Annhilator does not target. The only thing he can do that involves Spellskite and annhilator is sac it :p

In short, yes. However, cards like  {Castle} or others that give at least +x/+1 will save their creatures, as the toughness is increased at all times (or, in this case, while they're untapped).

A card like {Diregraf Captain} will essentially have no effect on saving creatures, since when he dies all other zombies lose the +1/+1 bonus he granted, thus dropping them to 0/2.

Hope that makes sense.

Auras are enchantment permanents that target a single creature. If the creature dies, the aura is removed from play as well. Equipment permanents are artifact cards, not enchantments. When an equipped creature dies, the equipment remains on the battlefield. So your card would have no effect on equipment. Hope that helps!