I run a Nin deck and I was wondering what would happen if I encounter Spirit of the Labyrinth. Let's say I have Nin out, and someone plays Spirit. I hit Spirit for, let's say 4, with Nin's ability. Would the opponent draw four cards? Spirit prevents people from drawing extra cards but would he be dead before the card draw part resolved, letting the opponent draw?
I run a Nin deck and I was wondering what would happen if I encounter Spirit of the Labyrinth. Let's say I have Nin out, and someone plays Spirit. I hit Spirit for, let's say 4, with Nin's ability. Would the opponent draw four cards? Spirit prevents people from drawing extra cards but would he be dead before the card draw part resolved, letting the opponent draw?
Spirit of the Labyrinth will still be on the battlefield until after Nin's ability finishes resolving. Spirit's controller will only draw one card.
704.4. Unlike triggered abilities, state-based actions pay no attention to what happens during the resolution of a spell or ability.
Example: A player controls a creature with the ability “This creature’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand” and casts a spell whose effect is “Discard your hand, then draw seven cards.” The creature will temporarily have toughness 0 in the middle of the spell’s resolution but will be back up to toughness 7 when the spell finishes resolving. Thus the creature will survive when state-based actions are checked. In contrast, an ability that triggers when the player has no cards in hand goes on the stack after the spell resolves, because its trigger event happened during resolution.
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Spirit of the Labyrinth
I run a Nin deck and I was wondering what would happen if I encounter Spirit of the Labyrinth. Let's say I have Nin out, and someone plays Spirit. I hit Spirit for, let's say 4, with Nin's ability. Would the opponent draw four cards? Spirit prevents people from drawing extra cards but would he be dead before the card draw part resolved, letting the opponent draw?