Daze + wasteland + targeting itself?

[Sytupal]

Tropical Island in play on my side

Wasteland + anything else, whatever on opponents side.

IN hand:

Daze +whatever else not important


He attempts to wasteland my tropical island,   in response can i cast daze, returning my trop having the daze target itself?

[Jaapmans]

He attempts to wasteland my tropical island,   in response can i cast daze, returning my trop having the daze target itself?

A spell can never target itself, so no. You need a legal target for Daze to be legally played. Unless you play something else first, you cannot play Daze.

Comprehensive Rules:
415.6: A spell or ability on the stack is an illegal target for itself. (Rules Version Date: February 1, 2004.)

Jaap

Edit: added CR quote