Bovine Intervention — ruling 1

If the target artifact or creature is an illegal target by the time Bovine Intervention tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. No player creates an Ox token. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does create an Ox token.

Bovine Intervention : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Bovine Intervention is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Destroy target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 2/2 white Ox creature token.

How it works : Bovine Intervention

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1April 12, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
If the target artifact or creature is an illegal target by the time Bovine Intervention tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. No player creates an Ox token. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does create an Ox token.
Card named in this ruling
Ox