<p>No. Heroic abilities trigger <em>whenever you cast a spell that targets this object</em>. Creature spells (e.g. <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Satyr%20Grovedancer">Satyr Grovedancer</a>) do not target. Satyr Grovedancer has a triggered ability that targets, but abilities aren't spells.</p>
<p>In contrast, <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gossamer%20Phantasm">Gossamer Phantasm</a> has the ability <em>When Gossamer Phantasm becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.</em> Targeting Gossamer Phantasm with Satyr Grovedancer's triggered ability would trigger Gossamer Phantasm's. (Gossamer Phantasm's will resolve first.)</p>

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<p>When a <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=380492" rel="nofollow">Satyr Grovedancer</a> enters on the battlefield and I choose a creature with heroic to recieve the a +1/+1 counter, does it trigger the heroic? I don't think so because the heroic says explicitly that when a spell targets that creature but I would like to check.</p>

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Does "When enter on the battlefield" trigger heroic?
Luiz Guilherme
# Does "When enter on the battlefield" trigger heroic?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-09)

When a [Satyr Grovedancer](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=380492) enters on the battlefield and I choose a creature with heroic to recieve the a +1/+1 counter, does it trigger the heroic? I don't think so because the heroic says explicitly that when a spell targets that creature but I would like to check.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-05-09. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

No. Heroic abilities trigger *whenever you cast a spell that targets this object*. Creature spells (e.g. [Satyr Grovedancer](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Satyr%20Grovedancer)) do not target. Satyr Grovedancer has a triggered ability that targets, but abilities aren't spells.

In contrast, [Gossamer Phantasm](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gossamer%20Phantasm) has the ability *When Gossamer Phantasm becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.* Targeting Gossamer Phantasm with Satyr Grovedancer's triggered ability would trigger Gossamer Phantasm's. (Gossamer Phantasm's will resolve first.)


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