Blim, Comedic Genius and Immortal Coil

Asked by WillowtheCouncil 3 years ago

If you attack an opponent with Blim, Comedic Genius who has no cards in their graveyard, and you donate them an Immortal Coil, what happens?

From what I understand, they will receive Immortal Coil, which will trigger, and then discard a card. After Blim's discard + life loss resolves, the loss trigger gets put on the stack, which causes them to lose the game, despite them now having a card in their graveyard, since Immortal Coil does not have an intervening if clause.

Is this correct?

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

Immortal Coil will trigger for them having not cards in graveyard, then they will discard. Losing life doesn't cause any additional triggers, as it's Immortal Coil only interacts with damage, not loss of life. Even though they have a card in their graveyard, the Immortal Coil trigger will still cause them to lose the game. If they somehow Stifle the trigger or otherwise survive they will now have a card in graveyard (from the discard) so Immortal Coil won't trigger again.

November 29, 2020 2:22 a.m.