Fizzle

The term "fizzle" is an informal term, used for when a spell or ability fails to resolve as a result of all its targets being missing or illegal when it resolved.
==History==
Before the Sixth Edition rules update, this was an official game term, but it has since become slang. Prior to the release of Dominaria, the rules said that a spell was "countered on resolution" if it had no legal targets at the time it would resolve, but under current rules the spell simply "doesn't resolve".
R&D considers the rule that spells with a target that do other things and don't have those other things happen if the target gets removed to be very unintuitive. It, however, has proven to be a tricky issue to solve.
"Fizzle" reappeared on the Mystery Booster test card <c>Trial and Error</c>. The Oracle clarifies that "a spell fizzles when it tries to resolve but each of its targets is no longer a legal target".Trial and Error on the Gatherer
==Rules==
==References==
Category:Magic slang