Ray of Hope

Card Type: Strategy
Gold Cost: 0
Card Text: Reaction: After a Personality you control is destroyed, target your non-Stronghold card: Straighten it.
Focus Value: 4
Legality: Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Four Winds (Gold), Rain of Blood (Diamond)
Deck: Fate

Printings

Rarity: Rare
Flavor Text: Akihiro prayed at Tsudao's tomb for three days. When he was finished, he knew what he must do.
Artist: William O'Connor
Card Number: 212
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Rarity: Fixed
Flavor Text: "You remind me of your father," Uji said. "I have much to learn yet," Kaneka replied. "We have time," the Crane said. "I will teach you."
Artist: William O'Connor
Card Number: 64
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Q: If I play Ray of Hope after Feign Death can I target the Feign'ed personaltiy?
A: Of course you can. Feign Death will have fully resolved before you can take the next Reaction to the same trigger (the death of the Personality). Once Feign Death has resolved, the Personality is a perfectly valid target for Ray of Hope. Martin Lund, "Rules for 5 July 2004", 7 Jul 2004
Q: Futhermore, I'm I still forced to play the cards (ie Ray of Hope) if the action's target becomes illegal by Shi-Ten Yen Wang Temple's reaction at the targeting phase?
Quote:
Although targeting occurs before costs are paid, if an action is canceled at the targeting step (e.g., Balance in Nothingness), all costs must still be paid, using any (and, if necessary, all) available sources that do not require actions or abilities to generate. Variable costs may be chosen based on the knowledge that the action has been canceled. [JA, 15 May 2003, 18 December 2003; ML, 21 September 2004]
states that the costs must still be paid with available resources that DO NOT require actions (the Ray of Hope Reaction).
A: You can decide not to use Reactions you haven't announced yet. Actions are always voluntary. Jeff Alexander, "Actions, Costs, and "Smart Card Rulings" pt 2", 17 Mar 2005