Magic The Gathering Thread XXIII: Modern is Dead, Long Live Modern

[mythmonster2]

I really don't understand the logic behind this - there's nothing in Release the Gremlins that punishes you in any way for having artifacts of your own. You don't have to target any if you don't want to, and if you do want to, it's an upside.

It'll only ever be bad if none of your opponents play artifacts - whether you play any of your own or not - though from my understanding, mana rocks are very common in EDH, so there should always be some targets.

I think they're just saying that if, say, you want three gremlins, but your opponent only has two artifacts, you have to also target one of your own artifacts, too. (Otherwise, you can only get two gremlins)