Hi,
I have a rules question on how infect damage works. If I control a Melira, Sylvok Outcast and my opponent attack with a Blighted Agent do I still take regular damage.
what about if I were to have solemnity out on the battlefield.
Melira, Sylvok Outcast and Solemnity function differently in this instance. An unblocked Blighted Agent would deal 1 damage to you while you controlled Melira, and this damage would cause you to lose life instead of you getting a poison counter. Meanwhile, the Agent would still deal you damage while you controlled Solemnity, except it would essentially have no result - the damage would still be dealt in the form of you getting a counter, which can't happen, so you simply don't.
Melira, Sylvok Outcast and Solemnity function differently in this instance. An unblocked Blighted Agent would deal 1 damage to you while you controlled Melira, and this damage would cause you to lose life instead of you getting a poison counter. Meanwhile, the Agent would still deal you damage while you controlled Solemnity, except it would essentially have no result - the damage would still be dealt in the form of you getting a counter, which can't happen, so you simply don't.
If the Blighted Agent somehow had lifelink, would it's controller gain life? I would say no because it deals damage in the form of the counters, but Solemnity simply doesn't allow that to happen, so no damage is dealt.
Melira, Sylvok Outcast and Solemnity function differently in this instance. An unblocked Blighted Agent would deal 1 damage to you while you controlled Melira, and this damage would cause you to lose life instead of you getting a poison counter. Meanwhile, the Agent would still deal you damage while you controlled Solemnity, except it would essentially have no result - the damage would still be dealt in the form of you getting a counter, which can't happen, so you simply don't.
If the Blighted Agent somehow had lifelink, would it's controller gain life? I would say no because it deals damage in the form of the counters, but Solemnity simply doesn't allow that to happen, so no damage is dealt.
It actually would gain life.
The damage isn't prevented it's just that the end result is no change so things that trigger on dealing damage or abilities like lifelink will still work as normal. It's a kind of weird situation that usually comes up with Platinum Emperion
The damage isn't prevented it's just that the end result is no change so things that trigger on dealing damage or abilities like lifelink will still work as normal. It's a kind of weird situation that usually comes up with Platinum Emperion
This is also extremely relevant in Commander; if you control Solemnity and I hit you with Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon who is my commander, you still take 4 commander damage, which still counts towards losing the game due to taking 21 commander damage. (Same with Platinum Emperion and any commander without infect.)
I have a rules question on how infect damage works. If I control a Melira, Sylvok Outcast and my opponent attack with a Blighted Agent do I still take regular damage.
what about if I were to have solemnity out on the battlefield.
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If the Blighted Agent somehow had lifelink, would it's controller gain life? I would say no because it deals damage in the form of the counters, but Solemnity simply doesn't allow that to happen, so no damage is dealt.
It actually would gain life.
The damage isn't prevented it's just that the end result is no change so things that trigger on dealing damage or abilities like lifelink will still work as normal. It's a kind of weird situation that usually comes up with Platinum Emperion
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