Lifelink, Spirit Link
Asked by Colten_Lee 9 years ago
Am I correct in thinking those do two different things?? Like if I enchanted my opponents creature with Lifelink , they would gain life when it dealt damage, but if I enchanted my opponents creature with Spirit Link I would gain the life...right??
Colten_Lee says... #2
Thanks much. That was the deciding factor to which one I use from now on.
August 17, 2014 9:50 p.m.
One other thing to be aware of, Lifelink does not use the stack, but the ability from Spirit Link does, so you can lose the game before you gain the life, if you are banking on that.
August 18, 2014 5:16 a.m.
Colten_Lee says... #4
Ahhh, didn't think about that. So say I'm at 5 life and they have a 6/6 that I Spirit Link -ed and they attack and I can't prevent it, I would lose the 6 causing me to hit 0 life before I get a chance to gain it back.
August 18, 2014 10:32 a.m.
steveoowns says... #5
also because of the way Spirit Link works you can make it's effect stack. For example if you have a creature with both Lifelink and Spirit Link you almost effectively have double lifelink (although not technically because the abilities are slightly different) and you can do the same with 2x Spirit Link but not 2x Lifelink because the keyworded ability cannot stack
FancyTuesday says... Accepted answer #1
That is correct. With Lifelink the creature is gaining an keyword ability that specifies that the creature's controller gains the life, while Spirit Link says "you" referring to the player that controls Spirit Link , not the enchanted creature.
August 17, 2014 9:39 p.m.