Deathtouch against General's Kabuto
Asked by Enral 6 years ago
If I have a creature equipped with General's Kabuto blocking a creature with deathtouch, will my creature die? Or is the static ability deathtouch part of the combat damage and is prevented from General's Kabuto?
So, either deathtouch Acidic Slime or infect Glistener Elf (added reminder texts for you) care about dealing damage. This may be combat damage, or things like Soul's Fire. However, it must deal damage to apply effects. General's Kabuto prevents all combat damage dealt to equipped creature, so there is never damage dealt.
As a result, your creature won't die due to deathtouch, or get counters on it due to infect, as they never deal damage.
This also holds true for effects that care about combat damage being dealt, such as Permeating Mass. They don't trigger if the damage is prevented.
November 26, 2017 5:14 p.m.
Monomanamaniac says... #3
It can still die to effects that allow the creature to deal damage, like Pathway Arrows or Thornbite Staff because that isn't considered combat damage, though the not being the target of spells or abilities has your back there
Enral says... #1
Alternatively, same question for infect damage if it is prevented or not.
November 26, 2017 3:33 p.m.