Can you exchange life totals in response to your health going below zero?
Asked by iamnickhansen 9 years ago
If you life total is brought to zero or below zero, are you able to respond to the change in life total using an effect like Magus of the Mirror ?
nobu_the_bard says... #2
You can use something to let you survive at zero life (such as Lich or Phyrexian Unlife ) to avoid losing and switch life totals then.
The game used to allow this so people would use Channel + Drain Life as a finisher.
June 19, 2014 5:23 p.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #3
Err, I mispoke... I forget the exact card, it involved Drain Life though.
June 19, 2014 5:24 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
@nobu_the_bard: You're probably thinking of the old Prosperous Bloom decks. Prosperity , Cadaverous Bloom , Squandered Resources , Natural Balance , Infernal Contract , etc.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
No. Players who have 0 or less life lose the game as a state-based action. SBAs occur before you even receive priority to activate abilities let alone before those abilities resolve.
June 19, 2014 4:50 p.m.