If you have a creature with "when this creature deals damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up" such as Virtus the Veiled, and then equip quietus spike, which gives equipped creature the same ability, do both instances trigger simultaneously, removing defender from the game? Or do they do they go on the stack separately, taking 3/4 of defender's life?
Triggered abilities will always trigger and resolve separately. So if you have multiple 'deal half their life' they will lose 1/2 each time so if they are at 20 it'll be 10 then 5 then 3 etc.
Ok, I wasnt sure if they triggered of the same life total but resolved separately, or if one triggers and resolves, then the other.
Follow up: if the creature with that ability is given double strike, would the ability trigger twice? Because technically double strike is the creature hitting twice, so two instances of player damage, correct?
If Virtus gains double strike and is unblocked, it will deal first strike combat damage and trigger to remove half their life (rounded up) before dealing regular combat damage and triggering again.
Example:
Life total 20
First Strike damage 1 (life total 19)
Trigger removes 10 life (life total 9)
Regular combat damage 1 (life total 8)
Trigger removes 4 life (life total now 4)
It gets extra crazy if you combine your two questions and have Virtus hit with Quietus Spike and double strike. With that sequence, you can drop a player from 40 to 2 or from 20 to 0. (First strike damage, trigger, trigger, regular damage, trigger, trigger)
The triggers do resolve separately and always look at the current life total.
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Follow up: if the creature with that ability is given double strike, would the ability trigger twice? Because technically double strike is the creature hitting twice, so two instances of player damage, correct?
Example:
Life total 20
First Strike damage 1 (life total 19)
Trigger removes 10 life (life total 9)
Regular combat damage 1 (life total 8)
Trigger removes 4 life (life total now 4)
It gets extra crazy if you combine your two questions and have Virtus hit with Quietus Spike and double strike. With that sequence, you can drop a player from 40 to 2 or from 20 to 0. (First strike damage, trigger, trigger, regular damage, trigger, trigger)
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