[RPG] Does the Dispel Magic spell work on the Mirror Image spell

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Looking at both this question about how faerie fire interacts with mirror image and this question about whether you can target the illusory duplicates themselves, I saw that both quote this section of mirror image:

A duplicate can be destroyed only by an attack that hits it. It ignores all other damage and effects.

I am now unsure how to interpret this with regards to dispel magic, which I would certainly argue destroys the illusory duplicates and would consider it to be an effect.

Best Answer

Yes

Dispel Magic works by targeting:

Choose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends.

You can target the effect, mirror image, or you can target the creature that has it. The specific rules around dispel magic allow for targeting of a spell effect when normally you don't (such as the general rules around mirror image.)

You're not targeting a duplicate

Most importantly here, you're not 'targeting' a duplicate, you are targeting the spell effect. That's any spell effect, it just happens to be the spell effect of mirror image.

Either way, the spell is dispelled.