Can somebody please tell me how this combo resolves. Spirit link is enchanting seizures on goblin artillery. Seizures was first enchanting goblin artillery, then I put spirit link on the goblin. When I tap to use the activated ability (2 damage to opponent, 3 damage to me), how does the damage resolve? Do I take any damage?
When you tap that goblin artillery, it deals a total of 5 damage (3 to yourself and 2 to a target) so you gain 5 life (for a net of +2 life). The damage dealt to you by seizures, however, does not lead to any lifegain (it's the enchantment dealing the damage, not the goblin). Unless you pay that extra mana, you take 3 points of damage (leading to a net effect of 1 damage to you).
Recommend moving this to Magic Rulings, as a question about card behaviour.
Spirit Link can't enchant Seizures, it only enchants creatures. If Spirit Link and Seizures are attached to your Goblin Artillery, then, when you activate the Artillery,
1) The ability will go on the Stack
2) Seizures will trigger and puts its triggered ability on top of the Artillery ability on the Stack
As Seizures' ability resolves, you will get a chance to pay , and if you don't, Seizures (the Aura) will deal 3 damage to you.
As the Artillery's ability resolves, Goblin Artillery will deal 2 damage to the target and 3 damage to you; this will trigger Spirit Link, and Spirit Link's controller will put that triggered ability on the Stack.
When the triggered ability of Spirit Link resolves, it will cause its controller to gain life equal to the damage dealt, which was 5.
Spirit Link doesn't interact with Seizures.
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To start, Spirit Link cannot enchant Seizures as it is not a creature. Instead, both Seizures and Spirit Link are both enchanting Goblin Artillery
When you tap that goblin artillery, it deals a total of 5 damage (3 to yourself and 2 to a target) so you gain 5 life (for a net of +2 life). The damage dealt to you by seizures, however, does not lead to any lifegain (it's the enchantment dealing the damage, not the goblin). Unless you pay that extra mana, you take 3 points of damage (leading to a net effect of 1 damage to you).
Spirit Link can't enchant Seizures, it only enchants creatures. If Spirit Link and Seizures are attached to your Goblin Artillery, then, when you activate the Artillery,
1) The ability will go on the Stack
2) Seizures will trigger and puts its triggered ability on top of the Artillery ability on the Stack
As Seizures' ability resolves, you will get a chance to pay , and if you don't, Seizures (the Aura) will deal 3 damage to you.
As the Artillery's ability resolves, Goblin Artillery will deal 2 damage to the target and 3 damage to you; this will trigger Spirit Link, and Spirit Link's controller will put that triggered ability on the Stack.
When the triggered ability of Spirit Link resolves, it will cause its controller to gain life equal to the damage dealt, which was 5.
Spirit Link doesn't interact with Seizures.
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