Rain of Gore
Asked by Riv329 6 years ago
If I play Rain of Gore and my opponent has Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond which card would take precedence.
Sanguine Bond will still trigger off of spells or abilities that cause another player to gain life (like Hunters' Feast targeting a teammate), of off of a cost causing a player to gain life (like Invigorate), though I can't think of any cost that involves the payer gaining life.
May 24, 2017 8:36 p.m.
Epochalyptik, players can gain life with Rain of Gore out, they just lose life if a spell or ability they control would cause them to gain life.
In this scenario your opponent controls both Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond, so it goes like this:
Your opponent's spell or ability would cause them to gain 3 life: They lose 3 life instead. Sanguine Bond does not trigger.
Your spell or ability would cause your opponent to gain 3 life: They gain 3 life. Sanguine Bond triggers and causes you to lose 3 life. Exquisite Blood blood triggers and tries to have them gain 3 more life, but they lose 3 life instead. Your opponent life total is back to what it was, and you've lost 3 life. (Don't do this.)
Exquisite Blood triggers if you lose 3 life no matter who controlled the source of your life loss. You opponent will lose 3 life when it resolves. (Any life you lose causes your opponent to lose the same amount of life. Good for you.)
Rain of Gore's only gatherer ruling states: "4/15/2013: This does not apply to life gain caused by combat damage from a creature with lifelink." If your opponent hits you with a 3/3 lifelink, they will gain 3 life, and it will play out like #2. (Effectively this means lifelink creatures deal double damage to you without hurting your opponent, which is very good in their position.)
Like Neotrup said, paying costs are not covered by Rain of Gore no matter who controlls the spell or ability. If your opponent somehow pays a cost that involves them gaining 3 life (I can't think of an example either) then they will still gain the 3 life. See #2.
Basically, Sanguine Bond triggers some of the time but not usually, and Exquisite Blood always triggers but has the opposite effect, therefore shutting down the combo.
Epochalyptik says... #1
Sanguine Bond would be useless because players can't gain life.
If you lose life, Exquisite Blood triggers and makes your opponent lose that much life (because of Rain of Gore.
May 24, 2017 11:42 a.m.