Brion Stoutarm and lifelinking
Asked by tnath83 12 years ago
When i use Brion Stoutarm s fling ability do i lifelink that damage also?
Brion Stoutarm has Lifelink, as such damage he deals (not only Combat damage) will cause you to gain as much life.
December 12, 2012 1:56 p.m.
Yes you do gain life, this is because of how his ability is worded. It is worded to Brion does the damage itself, but were it to be worded sacrifice a creature deal damage (blah blah blah) you would not gain the life.
December 12, 2012 2:30 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #4
Everyone is correct thus far, but famzim13 addresses why you gain the life.
Lifelink is a static ability that means "whenever this object deals damage, you gain that much life" (with "you" referring to the controller of this object).
Since Brion Stoutarm 's ability says that Brion Stoutarm is the source of the damage (as opposed to the sacrificed creature being the source of the damage), you will gain life because lifelink applies to all damage dealt by that source.
December 12, 2012 2:36 p.m.
Just following up on famzim13,
If it weren't worded as "Brian Stoutarm deals deals damage equal to (...)" it would likely be worded as "It deals damage equal to (...)" with "it" being the sacrificed creature. Then if that creature did not have Lifelink you would gain no life.
December 12, 2012 2:38 p.m.
additionally, if he has infect for some reason, he throws poison counters! Woot!!
December 12, 2012 3:08 p.m.
So I can equip Goblin Artillery with Basilisk Collar , then when I tap the artillery to deal 2 damage, I gain 2 life (I lose 3, but I gain 3) and I can kill for example a Serra Angel because the artillery has deathtouch.
December 18, 2012 10:21 a.m.
You would gain 2 life from dealing damage to target creature or player and 3 life from dealing damage to yourself. And yes, it would kill a Serra Angel as it has Deathtouch.
erabel says... #1
You'd have to ask the actual people who read the rules around here for specifics, but he DID deal damage with his ability, so you SHOULD gain the life due to Lifelink.
December 12, 2012 1:29 p.m.