Can you target exiled cards?

You cannot target exiled cards with spells or abilities that specifically target permanents, as exiled cards are no longer considered permanents but rather exiled cards in the exile zone. However, you can target exiled cards with spells or abilities that specifically target exiled cards, such as Pull from Eternity.

Understanding Exile and Targeting

Exile is a zone in the game where cards are removed from the battlefield and placed face up, unless specified otherwise, and can be examined by any player at any time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Exiling Cards and Permanents

1. Can I target an exiled permanent?: No, you cannot target an exiled permanent with spells like Boomerang, as it’s no longer a permanent but an exiled card.
2. Can I look at exiled cards?: Yes, exiled cards are kept face up by default and may be examined by any player at any time, unless they are exiled face down.
3. Can you bring back exiled cards?: Normally, exiled cards cannot be brought back until the end of the game, unless an ability or spell returns them to the graveyard, hand, or battlefield.

Casting Exiled Cards

4. Can you cast cards exiled with?: Yes, you can cast an exiled card if it’s a creature card and the exiling effect allows it, as long as the card remains exiled.
5. Can you still cast the exiled card if Gonti dies?: Yes, you can still cast the exiled card even if Gonti dies, as long as the card remains exiled.

Exile and Card Status

6. When you cast an exiled card does it go to the graveyard?: No, casting an exiled card does not send it to the graveyard; instead, it’s cast from the exile zone.
7. Can you exile indestructible?: Yes, indestructible permanents can be exiled, as exiling is a different process from destroying.
8. Do exiled cards keep counters?: No, exiled cards do not keep counters, as they become a new object in the exile zone, losing all statuses, counters, and attachments.

Interactions with Exile

9. Does Hexproof stop exile?: No, Hexproof does not stop exile if the exiling effect targets all creatures or uses a spell/ability that says “exile each creature” or “exile all creatures“.
10. Is an exiled card a permanent?: No, an exiled card is not a permanent; it’s a card in the exile zone.
11. Do exiled cards come back untapped?: Yes, exiled creatures that return to the battlefield enter untapped, with summoning sickness, and trigger any enters-the-battlefield triggers.

Exile and Card Interaction

12. Is a card exiled if I destroy it?: No, destroying a creature sends it to the graveyard, whereas exiling removes it from the game, placing it in the exile zone.
13. Do cards from exile have summoning sickness?: Yes, cards that return from exile have summoning sickness, as they return to the battlefield as if they were newly played.
14. Does exiling count as dying?: No, exiling a creature does not count as dying, so no death triggers occur, and the creature cannot regenerate from being exiled.

Advanced Exile Interactions

15. Can Planeswalkers be exiled?: Yes, Planeswalkers can be exiled, but they have a window to activate abilities before the exiling effect resolves, making it challenging to exile them before they can use an ability.