diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/effects/common/AddContinuousEffectToGame.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/effects/common/AddContinuousEffectToGame.java
index eeea16d1ade..736d3f7eec7 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/effects/common/AddContinuousEffectToGame.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/effects/common/AddContinuousEffectToGame.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import mage.abilities.effects.Effects;
 import mage.abilities.effects.OneShotEffect;
 import mage.constants.Outcome;
 import mage.game.Game;
+import mage.target.targetpointer.FirstTargetPointer;
 
 /**
  * @author noxx
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ public class AddContinuousEffectToGame extends OneShotEffect {
     @Override
     public boolean apply(Game game, Ability source) {
         for (Effect effect : this.effects) {
+            // runtime check
+            if (!effect.getTargetPointer().getClass().equals(FirstTargetPointer.class)
+                    && !effect.getTargetPointer().getClass().equals(this.getTargetPointer().getClass())) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong code usage: found diff target pointers, must set target pointers to AddContinuousEffectToGame, not to inner effects"
+                        + " - " + source.getClass().getSimpleName()
+                        + " - " + source
+                );
+            }
             effect.setTargetPointer(this.getTargetPointer().copy());
             game.addEffect((ContinuousEffect) effect, source);
         }