An issue and a question. Dual shot, and skipping block step

Dual shot says
"Deal one damage to each of up to two creatures", however, Forge won't let you cast it if there's only one creature to deal damage to.
Second, I noticed that if you cannot block (opponent is attacking with flyers, and you've got no creatures with reach), it just skips the whole declare blockers step, meaning I can't cast Jace's Scrutiny on one of them. Very annoying.
"Deal one damage to each of up to two creatures", however, Forge won't let you cast it if there's only one creature to deal damage to.
Second, I noticed that if you cannot block (opponent is attacking with flyers, and you've got no creatures with reach), it just skips the whole declare blockers step, meaning I can't cast Jace's Scrutiny on one of them. Very annoying.