<p>It was still targeted.</p>

<p>You choose targets as part of the process of casting a spell, which has to happen before a spell can be countered. And the moment you have chosen something as a target, it has been targeted.</p>

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<p>I have a <a href="http://magiccards.info/query?q=phantasmal%20dragon&amp;v=card&amp;s=cname" rel="nofollow">Phantasmal Dragon</a> in play. My opponent casts <a href="http://magiccards.info/m13/en/75.html" rel="nofollow">Unsummon</a> on it. In response, I cast <a href="http://magiccards.info/ktk/en/33.html" rel="nofollow">Cancel</a> on the Unsummon. Do I sacrifice my Phantasmal Dragon because it was the target of the Unsummon, or does countering the Unsummon make it's targeting invalid?</p>

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# Does a countered spell still target?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-05)

I have a [Phantasmal Dragon](http://magiccards.info/query?q=phantasmal%20dragon&v=card&s=cname) in play. My opponent casts [Unsummon](http://magiccards.info/m13/en/75.html) on it. In response, I cast [Cancel](http://magiccards.info/ktk/en/33.html) on the Unsummon. Do I sacrifice my Phantasmal Dragon because it was the target of the Unsummon, or does countering the Unsummon make it's targeting invalid?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It was still targeted.

You choose targets as part of the process of casting a spell, which has to happen before a spell can be countered. And the moment you have chosen something as a target, it has been targeted.


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