Forum:Sakuretsu Target

Okay, so every time I read the rulings for Targetting and non-Targetting cards, I never understand why it was ruled that Sakuretsu Armor targets.

TARGETTING: "When an effect targets, it chooses at the time of activation the specific card(s) that it will affect."(SOURCE: THIS SITE)

SAKURETSU ARMOR: Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Destroy the attacking monster.

Now, the first part is exactly like Mirror Force, so upon meeting activation requirements/timing, it knows as much about it's target as Mirror Force. If, upon activation, it KNEW what it would affect, then Mirror Force should target. But, it doesn't. All it tells you, upon activation, is timing. Like Fissure, upon activation, there is ONE Monster with the lowest attack on your opponent's side of the field. If that changes, then upon resolution, the card will kill something else. If there is no valid target, then it will fizzle away and do nothing, the same with Sakuretsu. So, no, it DOESN'T know what it will destroy upon activation.

MIRROR FORCE: Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Destroy all Attack Position monsters your opponent controls.

There's a striking resemblance between the errata of the two cards. The first sentence designates the timing, and the second designates what the card will destroy, without letting you choose, therefore not letting you target, unlike Book of Moon would have.

The only explanations I've gotten have been, "Oh, because you choose which attack to activate it to." Well, I can choose when to activate Mirror Force, too. Timing isn't the same as targetting.

I've also heard that it's because if that monster disappeared from the field, Sakuretsu would fizzle away doing nothing. Well, if my opponent used Zero Gravity and dropped his monsters into defense position, Mirror Force wouldn't destroy anything either.

I've been told that it's because Sakuretsu only affects one monster, which is the closest to a decent explanation that I've gotten, but Fissure only kills one monster, too. And, both Fissure and Sakuretsu TELL YOU what to destroy. They don't give you an option. You don't PICK what you wan't to destroy.

To this day, the best answer I've gotten is, "Well, that's the ruling. What are you going to do about it?" But that doesn't solve my problem as to why it was ruled that way to begin with, when it OBVIOUSLY doesn't have ANY language that suggests it targets, at least to what I know the definition of "Targetting" is.

Please, help me out. I need to solve this, at least in my own head.

--Eddie