Do fog effects prevent loss of life
Asked by MajinUlamog67 5 years ago
I have a deck that uses Angrath, the Flame-Chained and Raiders' Wake to hurt my opponent. One person in my play group likes to use root snare and defend the heart to prevent the loss of life. My understanding is that loss of life is not damage, therefore any opponent would still lose life. Is this correct?
Gidgetimer says... #2
One small correction. Not ALL damage causes life loss. Notably damage dealt by infect creatures or damage dealt to a player who controls Platinum Emperion will not cause life loss.
Boza says... Accepted answer #1
Angrath, the Flame-Chained and Raiders' Wake cause loss of life, which is notably not damage. Cards like Root Snare or Moment's Peace or Fog usually prevent combat damage, so no interaction with life loss at all.
Damage has different variants, most often divided into combat damage (damage done by creatures as a result of combat) and non-combat damage (any other damage). Saskia the Unyielding is a great example - she says that whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much (non-combat) damage to the chosen player.
Loss of life is present on a few cards, mostly as a way to flavorfully change what damage is. However, it does have practical applications as well - all damage causes loss of life, so for example Exquisite Blood will trigger from attacking and dealing combat with a creature or by playing Corrupt on a player.
October 26, 2018 7:53 a.m.