can somebody explain prowess to me and how it works? does it really keep creatures alive after they have taken lethal damage? thsnks in advance!!
Asked by Fro780 10 years ago
I played against a prowess deck and he kept saying prowess trigger keeps him alive??
I'm really not sure the exact situation, I know he had a Soulfire Grand Master but I really think he was pulling a fast one, I recently just started playing again and he knew that, so does prowess keep triggering itself for each spell played on all creatues,with prowess?
February 27, 2015 4:45 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Soulfire Grand Master doesn't have Prowess, so I guess it must have been something else.
A creature's Prowess ability triggers every time its controller casts a noncreature spell. One spell will trigger Prowess once, a second spell will trigger Prowess a second time, and so on. The +1/+1 bonuses are cumulative.
February 27, 2015 5:01 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #4
Yes prowess can trigger once per each noncreature spell cast by them. (for each creature with prowess individually).
Damage is only lethal if it is equal or greater than that creatures toughness. And seeing as damage is cleared up at the same time as power and toughness boosts ends if that creature became bigger than the damage it would receive it survives.
February 27, 2015 6:21 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #5
So you Shock his 2/2 with prowess, he responds by shocking you, his creature becomes a 3/3, then 2 damage is dealt to it, not lethal.
If he had 2 of those dudes they'd both have becomes 3/3
February 27, 2015 6:24 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
Please remember to select the answer that most completely addresses your question.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Lethal damage is damage equal to or greater than a creature's toughness or any amount of damage from a source with deathtouch. Prowess, because it gives +1/+1, temporarily increases a creature's toughness. If a Jeskai Student is currently a 2/4 because of the bonus from 1 Prowess trigger, then the damage from a single Lightning Strike, for example, isn't enough to destroy it. You'd need at least a Bathe in Dragonfire to do it in one shot, or additional damage from another source.
Can you be more specific about the situation you're talking about?
February 27, 2015 4:40 p.m.