Can I use Suffer the Past on an opponent who has Leyline of Sanctity out?
Asked by andrerafa 14 years ago
Just to settle a quew I had with MarceloSousa of mine if I cast a Suffer the Past he is not prottected by his leyline-of-sancticity since it's his graveyard that's being targeted, not a player? my oppinion, he's not protected
possessive case "player's" so it's not the player himself, just his graveyard right?
December 3, 2010 5:58 p.m.
Yeah, unfortunately Suffer the Past requires you to target the player. Then the graveyard effected is that of the targeted player. Read it closely and you'll see it.
If it was only going to target a graveyard and not the player (which would work) it would say "Exile up to X cards from target graveyard. For each card exiled this way the owner of that card loses 1 life and you gain 1 life."
The reason it isn't worded that way is because they have decided not to word cards this way due to the confusion it can cause. As a result there are no cards with the phrase "target graveyard":
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+[%22target%20graveyard%22]
December 3, 2010 6:04 p.m.
@andrerafa,
The wording is "target player's graveyard"
So you are targeting the player and the effect is applied to the graveyard owned by the targeted player.
Otherwise it would say "targeted graveyard's owner loses 1 life..."
JaceFace says... Accepted answer #1
Suffer the Past reads "Exile X target cards from TARGET players graveyard..."
it does not say from any graveyard. It targets the player.
Leyline of Sanctity does protect him since it reads "You can't be the target..." and Suffer the Past needs to target a player.
December 3, 2010 5:54 p.m.