Multiplayer Lifelink Question
Asked by Colten_Lee 9 years ago
Okay, so me and my friend had an argument about this recently. 4 player game. I have a Serra Avatar and 52 life. It's enchanted with Lifelink. I attack opponent A, who is at 6 life, and they cannot block it. So do I gain the full 52 life, or just 6? He said 6 bc my opponent only takes 6 damage and stops at 0. I say 52 bc creature don't deal just partial damage, right?? It all has to be assigned.
FancyTuesday says... Accepted answer #1
Unless something is preventing the damage Serra Avatar will assign all of its damage and you will gain that much life. This is why you get nothing when blocked by a 0/100 creature with protection, but everything from a 1/1. Players can go into negative life totals, many cards and the rules are worded as "0 or less life" meaning their life totals can be a value lower than zero. Effects that cannot lower someone's life to below zero explicitly say so and are the exception, not the rule. See: Drain Life.
118.6 If a player has 0 or less life, that player loses the game as a state-based action. See rule 704.
December 3, 2014 1:57 p.m.