Because of that, you can, say, cast Sun Titan and bring back your Pacifism from the graveyard to put on your opponent’s Geist of Saint Traft and wreck his whole day, because at no point did the Pacifism need a TARGET.
However, this only works to avoid Hexproof/Shroud. It doesn’t get around Protection, because Protection stops four things: Damage, Enchanting/Equipping, Blocking, and Targeting. While using Sun Titan to slap a Dead Weight onto Geist gets around Targeting [so it dodges Hexproof], it does NOT get around Mirran Crusader‘s pro-black, since Crusader cannot legally be enchanted by a black aura.
Today’s Rules Tip written by
Trevor Nuñez, Level 1 judge from Roswell, NM