* Fixed some target pointer handling.

Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/Ability.java

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import mage.constants.Zone;
 import mage.game.Controllable;
 import mage.game.Game;
 import mage.game.events.GameEvent;
+import mage.game.permanent.Permanent;
 import mage.players.Player;
 import mage.target.Target;
 import mage.target.Targets;
@@ -535,6 +536,17 @@ public interface Ability extends Controllable, Serializable {
      */
     MageObject getSourceObjectIfItStillExists(Game game);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the permanent that actually existed while the ability triggerd or
+     * an ability was activated only if it has not changed zone meanwhile. If
+     * not set yet, the current permanent if one exists will be retrieved from
+     * the game and returned.
+     *
+     * @param game
+     * @return
+     */
+    Permanent getSourcePermanentIfItStillExists(Game game);
+
     String getTargetDescription(Targets targets, Game game);
 
     void setCanFizzle(boolean canFizzle);

Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/AbilityImpl.java

@@ -1211,6 +1211,19 @@ public abstract class AbilityImpl implements Ability {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Permanent getSourcePermanentIfItStillExists(Game game) {
+        if (sourceObject == null) {
+            setSourceObject(game.getObject(getSourceId()), game);
+        }
+        if (sourceObject instanceof Permanent) {
+            if (game.getState().getZoneChangeCounter(getSourceId()) == getSourceObjectZoneChangeCounter()) {
+                return (Permanent) sourceObject;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getSourceObjectZoneChangeCounter() {
         return sourceObjectZoneChangeCounter;