Does Arjun insti-kill a Psychosis Crawler?
Asked by CkajLanoa 7 years ago
Psychosis Crawler is one of the win-cons in my Arjun, the Shifting Flame EDH deck. If you read the crawler, you'll see that it has a power and toughness equal to the number of cards in hand. My question is: during an Arjun trigger, is there a point where you have no cards in your hand, leading your Crawler to temporarily be a 0/0?
Gidgetimer says... #2
Does Arjun, the Shifting Flame insti-kill a Psychosis Crawler?
No.
During an Arjun, the Shifting Flame trigger, is there a point where you have no cards in your hand, leading your Psychosis Crawler to temporarily be a 0/0?
Yes.
Having zero or less toughness has no meaning outside of the state-based action that creatures with zero or less toughness are put into the graveyard. SBA are checked each time before a player receives priority. Importantly they are not checked during the resolution of a spell. By the time SBA are checked you have cards in your hand again and Psychosis Crawler has toughness > 0.
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #1
There will be a point in time during the resolution where Psychosis Crawler will have 0 toughness.
However, Dying due to 0 toughness is a State Based Action and SBA's are checked whenever a player would receive priority. During the resolution of a spell or ability, no player has priority so SBA's are not checked at that time.
Psychosis Crawler will have 0 toughness, but will survive once the ability is done resolving.
May 8, 2016 1:21 p.m.