Timing of cards that do several things
Asked by hyena69 7 years ago
goblin flectomancer]] Absorb Vis
Let's say I'm at 3 life and so is my opponent. I play an absorb vis to kill of my opponent, and the sneaky git somehow flashes out a goblin flectomancer to change the target from him to me (saccing the gobbo). Do I stay at 3 life or do I go to -1 first and die, before gaining 4 life?
(for some reason I can't link the gobbo, but here is the rules text:
Sacrifice Goblin Flectomancer: You may change the targets of target instant or sorcery spell.)
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Goblin Flectomancer (not sure why it didn't link for you, your spelling looks right)
You stay alive. Losing the game for having 0 or less life is one of the game's "state based actions" (SBAs). The key thing here is that SBAs are checked right before each time a player would get priority to take another action. This means the game waits until after Absorb Vis is completely finished resolving to check SBAs. You'll be at 3 life at that time, so there's nothing to worry about.
October 22, 2016 10:30 p.m.