Angelic Accord and Lifelink
Asked by ekim32 11 years ago
The situation I am unsure about is, when Angelic Accord checks your life gain for the turn, will it count Lifelink associated with combat damage if you made a net loss of life in that damage step?
The general question I think I should ask (that would solve the above) is: In the combat damage step, do damage and Lifelink (or other replacement effects) sum up to create one life total change?
Of course, it is also possible that they do sum up, a net loss is simply a loss, but Angelic Accord still 'sees' the Lifelink gain.
The Angelic Accord triggers. It's like if you're blocking with an Archangel of Thune ...you gain three life from it, and even if you take three damage from a different attacking creature, your creatures still all get +1/+1 counters on them.
From the CR, the best reflection of this is here;
119.3f Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source's controller to gain that much life, in addition to the damage's other results.
Hence, you do gain life, in addition to the other results. The life gaining part is all that matters for the Accord.
September 20, 2013 1:47 p.m.
I didn't mean to accept my own response from before...
I guess that makes sense. I'm still a little uneasy about it, and for some reason applying it to Archangel of Thune seems a lot more rational to me but... well, there we go. The MtG rulebook is not there for my own comfort X)
ekim32 says... #1
For completeness, gatherer entry on what it checks:
"01/07/2013 Angelic Accords ability checks how much life youve gained during the turn, not what your life total is compared to what it was when the turn began. For example, if you start the turn at 10 life, gain 6 life during the turn, then lose 6 life later that turn, the ability will trigger."
September 20, 2013 1:32 p.m.