Hi, forum newbie here - playing a melee campaign with some old school cards including both Bloodfire Colossus and Soul Link in my pool - nice to meet you all!
Can these cards work together to generate a huge life gain upon sacrificing Bloodfire Colossus enchanted with Soul Link (6 lives x total number of players and creatures)...?
Would the aura ability kick in because cards are only moved to the graveyard after their ability has resolved, or is the aura destroyed before the Colossus damage resolves because the sacrifice is part of the activation cost?
Help very much appreciated to avoid a lengthy pause in gameplay when this combo comes up!!
If you sacrifice Bloodfire Colossus using its ability while it's enchanted with Soul Link, Soul Link will go to the graveyard as a state-based action before that ability resolves, since Soul Link isn't attached to anything anymore (C.R. 704.5m). (Note that Soul Link isn't destroyed this way.)
Thus, Soul Link won't remain on the battlefield long enough to see Bloodfire Colossus deal damage this way.
But even if sacrificing Bloodfire Colossus were done while the ability is resolving, and before it deals damage (compare with Knowledge Vault [C.R. 108.1]), Soul Link's triggered ability still wouldn't trigger because it would no longer have an "enchanted creature" at the time of the damage (C.R. 303.4m).
Note, that if the Colossus is granted lifelink by an aura(like if enchanted with Gift of Orzhova instead), it dies while having lifelink when you activate its ability. Thus you will gain life, because the game looks at what the Colossus looked like at its last moment on the battlefield to determine if it had lifelink.
Can these cards work together to generate a huge life gain upon sacrificing Bloodfire Colossus enchanted with Soul Link (6 lives x total number of players and creatures)...?
Would the aura ability kick in because cards are only moved to the graveyard after their ability has resolved, or is the aura destroyed before the Colossus damage resolves because the sacrifice is part of the activation cost?
Help very much appreciated to avoid a lengthy pause in gameplay when this combo comes up!!
Thank you
Thus, Soul Link won't remain on the battlefield long enough to see Bloodfire Colossus deal damage this way.
But even if sacrificing Bloodfire Colossus were done while the ability is resolving, and before it deals damage (compare with Knowledge Vault [C.R. 108.1]), Soul Link's triggered ability still wouldn't trigger because it would no longer have an "enchanted creature" at the time of the damage (C.R. 303.4m).
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