Phalanx Tactics — ruling 1

If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Phalanx Tactics tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. No creatures get +1/+1.

Phalanx Tactics : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Phalanx Tactics 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

Target creature you control gets +2/+1 until end of turn. Each other creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

How it works : Phalanx Tactics

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1January 24, 2020· Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Phalanx Tactics tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. No creatures get +1/+1.
No other card is named in this ruling.