Arc Spitter‘s capability reads
Outfitted creature has “{1}: This creature offers 1 injury to focus on creature that’s blocking it.”
I am unsure what “goal creature that is blocking it” means when the geared up creature modifications zones. Suppose my 1/1 blocks one other 1/1 geared up with Arc Splitter. My opponent prompts its capability, concentrating on my blocker, and in response I destroy the attacker. Does the injury capability resolve?
In fact I am conscious of the essential precept that skills on the stack are impartial of their supply (Does a capability resolve if the supply of the power leaves the battlefield?), however on this case the supply’s zone change looks as if it might 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 power fizzles. 509.1g clearly says it is nonetheless a blocking creature, however I am unsure what rule specifies whether or not it is blocking something particular.
My greatest guess is rule 608.2b, which reads partially:
If the supply of a capability has left the zone it was in, its final recognized info is used throughout this course of [of checking whether its targets are legal].
That clearly applies right here, so we must always use the LKI of the attacker, and perhaps that features the set of creatures blocking it. Alternatively, the blocker remains to be on the battlefield, so we must always use its present info. It is a blocking creature, however it is not blocking some other creatures.
What ought to really occur right here and why?
