Cyclops Gladiator vs Royal Assassin
Asked by bjb119 9 years ago
If Player A attacks Player B with a Cyclops Gladiator and targets an untapped Royal Assassin with Cyclops Gladiator's ability, can the Royal Assassin use his ability to take out the Cyclops Gladiator before damage is dealt, or will the Royal Assassin be dead meat?
Gidgetimer says... #2
I forgot to mention how Cyclops Gladiator 's ability determines what his power is if he is no longer on the battlefield, since I feel that may have been the question instead of or in addition to "does the ability resolve".
If an object is referenced in a spell or ability and no longer exists the last known information is used. As Cyclops Gladiator last existed on the field he was a 4/4 and so the ability will do 4 damage. If instead of using the Royal Assassin 's ability to destroy him you used Dismember or a morbid Tragic Slip when the ability resolved it would do 0 damage since the last known power was negative and negative damage is undefined and so 0 is used.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
Once an ability is on the stack it exists independent of it's source. This means that Royal Assassin can tap to remove the Cyclops Gladiator , however he will still die when the Gladiator's ability resolves.
July 22, 2014 10:31 a.m.