wotc
You can't target a creature if its controller doesn't control an Island as you are activating the ability, and the ability won't resolve if the creature's controller doesn't control an Island as the ability resolves.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #71
Dwarven Sea Clan
hml·#71·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Amy Weber
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wishlisted
Oct 1995
31 yr ago
Value
$1.61$0 (-1.6%)
30 days high $0.62 · low $0.61
Volatility · stable
USD$0.61EUR€0.79
NM$0.61
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #28,517 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Dwarf
{T}: Choose target attacking or blocking creature whose controller controls an Island. This creature deals 2 damage to that creature at end of combat. Activate only before the end of combat step.
"No dwarf alive can best one of my crew dead."
—Zeki, Reef Pirate
1/1
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
If control of the targeted creature changes between the activating and resolution of the ability (ie, while it's on the stack), then the player who must control an Island as the ability resolves is the creature's new controller.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Amy Weber
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