Gisela VS Deflecting Palm
Asked by pedroedmarcos 5 years ago
So, I was watching an edh game on youtube and the player had Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and atacked and the opponent used Deflecting Palm . How those cards interact with each other? The damage is doubled first then reflected and then halfed?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Note that the defending player could apply the prevention from Deflecting Palm first and skip the doubling, but they probably don't want to do that since it means Deflecting Palm would only end up dealing 2 damage back to the attacking player.
March 1, 2019 2:26 p.m.
PlatinumOne says... #3
Madcookie: note that Deflecting Palm does not "redirect" damage. it prevents damage, then deals its own. this is a pretty important distinction.
Madcookie says... Accepted answer #1
Basing this on the Gisela, Blade of Goldnight card rules*, the interaction is the following. Player 1 attacks with Gisela, player 2 casts Deflecting Palm choosing Gisela. Player 2 is the player being dealt damage so he chooses to have Gisela deal him double damage first (10 dmg from an unmodifieid attack), then prevents that damage with Deflecting Palm (10dmg) and redirects it toward player 1. Player 1 then takes a total of 5 damage (half is mitigated by Gisela' second ability)
*If multiple replacement effects would modify how damage would be dealt, the player being dealt damage (or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage) chooses the order in which to apply those effects. (2018-03-16)
March 1, 2019 2:21 p.m.