I had someone on Facebook ask a question about this rule:
104.3f If a player would both win and lose the game simultaneously, he or she loses the game.
I've been racking my brain with this before and one of the cases that I can come up with is Harrowing Journey targeting a player with 2 or fewer cards in there deck and 3 or less life and a Laboratory Manic. Would something like that make them lose and win at the same time or am I off on part of the interaction?
104.3f If a player would both win and lose the game simultaneously, he or she loses the game.
I've been racking my brain with this before and one of the cases that I can come up with is Harrowing Journey targeting a player with 2 or fewer cards in there deck and 3 or less life and a Laboratory Manic. Would something like that make them lose and win at the same time or am I off on part of the interaction?
Please use cardtags in the future. ~parinoid
It was written when the Sudden Death rules for single elimination rounds had a player win as a state-based action instead of lose.
No scenario involving Laboratory Maniac causes this rule to be invoked since the replacement effect replaces the draw, not the state-based action.
Please don't try and come up with a way in which it would apply. Its very tedious shooting down all the convoluted scenarios.
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