Forum:DH Dasher vs Tytannial

My first question is does Destiny Hero - Dasher's effect target himself. I know that the tribute of the monster is the cost of activation. But, I am not sure if Dasher's effect targets himself for the attack increase.

Example: I had Gigaplant x2, Tytannial, Princess of Camellias, and Black Rose Dragon equipped with Thorn of Malice, and Ancient Fairy Dragon in defense on the field, my opponent had a Dasher, and a DAD, along with Mystic Tomato on the field.I had 200 LP left, she had a bunch. I know that DAD targets, so she couldn't use that card's effect to destroy my Tytannial. Their attacks are the same so she would have had to suicide her DAD to get rid of my Tytannial. We discussed this move, as I consulted the rule book, and found no definitive answer to my question as to wether or not Dasher's attack increase is the result of a targeting effect, so I let her raise the attack of Dasher to 3100 and she attacked my Tytannial causing 300 pts of dmg thus winning the duel.

My mind tells me that after paying the cost which of course is the tributing of the monster, Dasher's attack increase targets Dasher as it is the only viable option of that increase you can't increase another monster's attack, thus translating to Dasher's effect targets Dasher. If that is the case, in the above example, I could have tributed one of my gigaplants to negate the activation of Dasher's effect because of Tytannial, Princess of Camellias's effect.

The question is how should that play have gone?

Duelist33(My Talk) 18:12, November 6, 2009 (UTC)