Circle of Protection: Black
Asked by Wbg1415 3 years ago
States "Prevent all damage against you from one Black source. If a source deals damage to you more than once a turn, you pay 1 each time to prevent damage."
Is this damage just towards the player or also includes creature permanent damage?
Tyrant-Thanatos says... #2
Neotrup is correct.
109.5. The words “you” and “your” on an object refer to the object’s controller, its would-be controller (if a player is attempting to play, cast, or activate it), or its owner (if it has no controller). For a static ability, this is the current controller of the object it’s on. For an activated ability, this is the player who activated the ability. For a triggered ability, this is the controller of the object when the ability triggered, unless it’s a delayed triggered ability. To determine the controller of a delayed triggered ability, see rules 603.7d–f.
The only exception being that technically "you" refers to the player that activated the ability, which will presumably be the player who controlled Circle of Protection: Black when it was activated. And in almost all practical cases, this will be the current controller of Circle of Protection: Black.
December 26, 2020 9:18 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Wbg1415: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I chose one to mark as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the green "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1
Circle of Protection: Black uses the current Oracle text:
: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Because it says "You," it refers specifically to the player who controls Circle of Protection: Black. Abilities that can prevent damage to players or permanents are generally written as preventing damage to "any target," such as Healing Salve, which has the following effect as one of it's modes:
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
December 26, 2020 2:32 a.m.