Karen Suadela & New Inquisition

You can choose Ponticulus as a target for the Talbot Chainsaw damage. I don't see why this one should be any different.

Juggernaut1981 wrote:

Does this fall under the "you can't take actions/use effects that would have no results" ruling?

Please show me this ruling.

It's that general ruling principle that won't let you call Parity Shift if you have the most pool, won't let you call Reckless Agitation if there is only one other player than yourself, etc. It's the "Can't use an effect/take an action if there are no valid targets" concept. PB and LSJ have frequently dragged it out.

So the question is... can you use New Inquisition (a Gehenna card) to target Karen Suadela even if you know she is "immune" to Gehenna cards. Or in another sense: Is Immunity to a Card Type (e.g. Immune to Gehenna Cards) the same as "unable to be targeted by a card type" or "targeting this minion with that card type has no effect"?

@Juggernaut : what you describe is very different from "you can't take actions/use effects that would have no results", no ? AFAIK, you can use, eg, Horsehoe on Ponti, he won't die but it's not illegal

Non-existant user wrote:

You can choose Ponticulus as a target for the Talbot Chainsaw damage. I don't see why this one should be any different.

Well, there is a difference : Ponticulus is immune to the damage done by the Talbot effect, but not to the effect. Karen is immune to the whole package.

Ohlmann wrote:

@Juggernaut : what you describe is very different from "you can't take actions/use effects that would have no results", no ? AFAIK, you can use, eg, Horsehoe on Ponti, he won't die but it's not illegal.

EXACTLY. Jugg's words were not only incorrect, they were entirely sloppy, thus further obfuscating the original point of the post.