Commander Damage And Life
Asked by onthestack 13 years ago
Okay, my life is at 40 and I have 0 commander damage. My opponent attacks with Kresh the Bloodbraided. The damage I've received is 3 commander and 37 life? Is this right?
I thought commander damage and life are two different scoring systems in EDH. Does it work that way?
BrokenZygoma says... #2
Its not like infect where the creature deals damage in the form of poison counters as opposed to normal damage.
April 20, 2012 11:44 p.m.
Basically the commander damage is like an invisible losing condition. According to the ruling it states that when a commander deals 21 total combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.
April 21, 2012 midnight
Basically you just loose life as normal, whatever deals damage. But if the commander deals 21 combat damage over the game to an opponent, he looses regardless of his life left.
April 21, 2012 7:12 a.m.
It should probably be pointed out that a loss by commander damage is from a single commander. You have to take 21 from, say, Thraximundar, not 14 from Thrax and 7 from Uril, the Miststalker to lose.
April 21, 2012 11:28 a.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #6
I thought you had to take 21 damage in a single turn from a General to count as an instant loss?
April 23, 2012 4:31 p.m.
BrokenZygoma says... #9
Just 21 total damage. But note it has to be 21 damage from one commander. It doesn't matter which one but its not cumulative across all of the commanders.
April 23, 2012 4:38 p.m.
BrokenZygoma says... #10
And It also has to be the same commander/player pair that deals 21 damage. If you deal 19 damage with a commander and someone steals it, they cant deal another 2 with that commander and kill that player.
Emrakool says... Accepted answer #1
Your life total will become 37. While the commander damage is cumulative it still counts as damage or loss of life.
April 20, 2012 9:26 p.m.