Arc Spitter‘s capability reads
Outfitted creature has “{1}: This creature offers 1 injury to focus on creature that’s blocking it.”
I am undecided what “goal creature that is blocking it” means when the outfitted creature adjustments zones. Suppose my 1/1 blocks one other 1/1 outfitted with Arc Splitter. My opponent prompts its capability, focusing on my blocker, and in response I destroy the attacker. Does the injury capability resolve?
After all I am conscious of the fundamental precept that talents on the stack are impartial of their supply (Does a capability resolve if the supply of the flexibility leaves the battlefield?), however on this case the supply’s zone change looks as if it may have an effect on the legality of the goal.
The important thing query appears to be, is my blocker nonetheless “blocking it (i.e., the attacking creature)”? In that case, it is a authorized goal and takes injury; if not, it is an unlawful goal and the flexibility fizzles. 509.1g clearly says it is nonetheless a blocking creature, however I am undecided what rule specifies whether or not it is blocking something particular.
My finest guess is rule 608.2b, which reads partially:
If the supply of a capability has left the zone it was in, its final recognized data is used throughout this course of [of checking whether its targets are legal].
That clearly applies right here, so we should always use the LKI of the attacker, and possibly that features the set of creatures blocking it. Then again, the blocker continues to be on the battlefield, so we should always use its present data. It is a blocking creature, nevertheless it is not blocking some other creatures.
What ought to really occur right here and why?
