rules question

[joemuz]

i guess this is another question for marek14 but anyone is welcome to chime in of course.

the card is eater of the dead. oracle is:

|0: If Eater of the Dead is tapped, untap it and exile target creature card from a graveyard.

if the target is not valid when the ability resolves, should eater of the dead be untapped? (assuming of course, that it was tapped when the ability resolved)

[Marek14]

i guess this is another question for marek14 but anyone is welcome to chime in of course.

the card is eater of the dead. oracle is:

|0: If Eater of the Dead is tapped, untap it and exile target creature card from a graveyard.

if the target is not valid when the ability resolves, should eater of the dead be untapped? (assuming of course, that it was tapped when the ability resolved)

No. The ability has one target, and if this target is invalid, the ability is countered.