diff --git a/Mage/src/mage/target/TargetImpl.java b/Mage/src/mage/target/TargetImpl.java
index 7967c1bc9f..17a5c0a7e1 100644
--- a/Mage/src/mage/target/TargetImpl.java
+++ b/Mage/src/mage/target/TargetImpl.java
@@ -298,24 +298,35 @@ public abstract class TargetImpl<T extends TargetImpl<T>> implements Target {
     @Override
     public boolean isLegal(Ability source, Game game) {
         //20101001 - 608.2b
+        Set <UUID> illegalTargets = new HashSet<UUID>();
+        int replacedTargets = 0;
         for (UUID targetId: targets.keySet()) {
             Card card = game.getCard(targetId);
             if (card != null) {
                 if (zoneChangeCounters.containsKey(targetId) && zoneChangeCounters.get(targetId) != card.getZoneChangeCounter()) {
-                    continue; // it's not legal so continue to have a look at other targeted cards
+                    illegalTargets.add(targetId);
+                    continue; // it's not legal so continue to have a look at other targeted objects
                 }
             }
             if (game.replaceEvent(GameEvent.getEvent(EventType.TARGET, targetId, source.getId(), source.getControllerId()))) {
+                replacedTargets++;
                 continue;
             }
-            if (canTarget(targetId, source, game)) {
-                return true;
+            if (!canTarget(targetId, source, game)) {
+                illegalTargets.add(targetId);
             }
         }
+        // remove illegal targets, needed to handle if only a subset of targets was illegal
+        for (UUID targetId: illegalTargets) {
+            targets.remove(targetId);
+        }
+        if (replacedTargets > 0 && replacedTargets == targets.size()) {
+            return false;
+        }
         if (minNumberOfTargets == 0 && targets.isEmpty()) {
             return true;
         }
-        return false;
+        return targets.size() > 0;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/Mage/src/mage/target/targetpointer/FirstTargetPointer.java b/Mage/src/mage/target/targetpointer/FirstTargetPointer.java
index 040526ff1c..1303e2b633 100644
--- a/Mage/src/mage/target/targetpointer/FirstTargetPointer.java
+++ b/Mage/src/mage/target/targetpointer/FirstTargetPointer.java
@@ -44,16 +44,12 @@ public class FirstTargetPointer implements TargetPointer {
     public List<UUID> getTargets(Game game, Ability source) {
         ArrayList<UUID> target = new ArrayList<UUID>();
         if (source.getTargets().size() > 0) {
-            Target currentTarget = source.getTargets().get(0);
             for (UUID targetId : source.getTargets().get(0).getTargets()) {
                 Card card = game.getCard(targetId);
                 if (card != null && zoneChangeCounter.containsKey(targetId)
                         && card.getZoneChangeCounter() != zoneChangeCounter.get(targetId)) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if (!currentTarget.canTarget(targetId, source, game)) {
-                    continue;
-                }
                 target.add(targetId);
             }
         }