If Wide Valley is in play and a player uses the battle action printed on Ikoma Shinju will the card targeted by Shinju be destroyed?
Wide Valley and Ikoma Shinju
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If Wide Valley is in play and a player uses the battle action printed on Ikoma Shinju will the card targeted by Shinju be destroyed?
The terrain and the enemy card are destroyed simultaneously, so at the timing point "Before an effect destroys a card", Wide Valley is still in play, and its trait triggers to negate the destruction of the enemy card.
On: Wide Valley, Ikoma Shinju