Player A casts Lava Dart on player B. Player B casts Shining Shoal X=2 targeting Player A and choosing Lava Dart as source. The 1 damage from the dart gets redirected to Player A. If player A now in the same turn casts the same Lava Dart from the graveyard with Flashback again with player B as target, will the redirection from Shining Shoal happen again? Is this the same source as before?
I'd love to see the rules on this but I can't find it anywhere.
The second Lava Dart is different from the first as far as the game is concerned (C.R. 400.7). (In general, an object that moves to another zone becomes a different object in its new zone [C.R. 400.7].) Thus, the two spells are different "sources" of damage for purposes of Shining Shoal, so it won't affect any damage from the second Lava Dart in this scenario.
By contrast, Quenchable Fire deals damage when it resolves and can also deal damage at a later point in the game. Both instances of damage come from the same source for purposes of Shining Shoal.
Thank you very much! Concerning Shining Shoal, I have another question: If the source I choose has infect, will the target get poison or -1/-1 counters instead of just normal damage?
Thank you very much! Concerning Shining Shoal, I have another question: If the source I choose has infect, will the target get poison or -1/-1 counters instead of just normal damage?
If a source has infect and ultimately deals damage to—
a player, that player gets that many poison counters (rather than losing life) (compare C.R. 120.3a with C.R. 120.3b).
a creature, that creature is given that many -1/-1 counters (rather than being marked that much damage) (compare C.R. 120.3d with C.R. 120.3e).
Shining Shoal doesn't change whether a source deals damage at all.
Thank you very much! Concerning Shining Shoal, I have another question: If the source I choose has infect, will the target get poison or -1/-1 counters instead of just normal damage?
Yes, the source of damage remains the same, so if the source has infect, it will deal infect damage to Shining Shoal's target.
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I'd love to see the rules on this but I can't find it anywhere.
Compare Shining Shoal with Captain's Maneuver.
By contrast, Quenchable Fire deals damage when it resolves and can also deal damage at a later point in the game. Both instances of damage come from the same source for purposes of Shining Shoal.