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Say an enchantment was enchanting a creature, who was then dealt lethal damage and sent to the graveyard:
Would it be possible to use Redirect to choose a new target for the enchantment before the state based action of it not having a target applies? My understanding of state based actions says no, both the creature killing and the enchantment being sent to the graveyard would happen before anyone got priority, but I'd like to be sure.
Alternatively, while damage for said creature is on the stack, I assume it's perfectly acceptable to change the enchantment target with Redirect at that time as a response, saving the enchantment and attatching it to another creature before the creature is actually sent to the graveyard? (You'll have to excuse me, my brain has recently turned to mush reading up on technicalities so much that I'm starting to second guess things that used to be common sense) Hell I'm even starting to second guess whether enchantments count as "Spells" "Targeting" in the first place at this point, and whether the whole idea was illegal in the first place...



Second, I just read this article on "Last Known Information" which, to be honest, mostly confused the hell out of me (http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/9252.html). I understood some things, but it seemed like much of what this judge was discussing was left "in between the lines" as it were, and it was sometimes hard to follow exactly what did and didn't equate to a result. I was especially interested in the case he discussed involving the destruction of a Genju of the Cedars after attempting to activate it's ability to turn the enchanted land into a 4/4 creature that's still a land. From what it sounded like, even though the enchantment was sent to the graveyard before the ability on the stack, it still resolved? I'm slightly confused as to how or why this would apply as it seems to go against my usual understanding of the stack's mechanics, if anyone could elaborate on the workings to clear it up for me it'd be greatly appreciated.