Wild defiance + Hexproof

[pcastellazzi]

I coded wild defiance as follow:

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<TRIGGERED_ABILITY filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY">
  <TRIGGER value="BECAME_TARGET" simple_qualifier="objectyoucontrol">
    local target = TriggerObject()
    local spell  = SecondaryObject()

    return (
          target ~= nil
      and target:GetCardType():Test(CARD_TYPE_CREATURE) ~= 0
      and target:GetZone() == ZONE_IN_PLAY
      and spell ~= nil
      and (spell:GetCardType():Test(CARD_TYPE_INSTANT) ~= 0
       or  spell:GetCardType():Test(CARD_TYPE_SORCERY)  ~= 0)
    )
  </TRIGGER>

  <CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
    local target = TriggerObject()

    if target ~= nil then
      local characteristics = target:GetCurrentCharacteristics()
      characteristics:Power_Add(3)
      characteristics:Toughness_Add(3)
    end

  </CONTINUOUS_ACTION>

  <DURATION simple_duration="UntilEOT" />
</TRIGGERED_ABILITY>


It work for most cases, but when i target my own Dungrove Elder with Titanic Growth it does not. My question is should i need to do something special to handle creatures with hexproof?

[RiiakShiNal]

Your problem may actually be that you did not include the proper layer for your CONTINUOUS_ACTION (which should be 7c). Because Dungrove Elder has an ability which sets it's power and toughness (which probably runs on layer 7a) it is more than likely canceling the effect of Wild Defiance (which is probably running on layer 0 because you did not set it even though it should be running on 7c). I think it unlikely that the problem is because of hexproof.

[pcastellazzi]

Good catch. Thank you very much.