Novel Nunchaku — ruling 1

You don't choose a target creature an opponent controls for Novel Nunchaku's first ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when Novel Nunchaku is attached to the target creature you control this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.

Novel Nunchaku : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Novel Nunchaku 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

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. When you do, equipped creature fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample. Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

How it works : Novel Nunchaku

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1January 27, 2026· Wizards of the Coast
You don't choose a target creature an opponent controls for Novel Nunchaku's first ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when Novel Nunchaku is attached to the target creature you control this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.