Does myr battlesphere with infect apply poison counters

Asked by mfogle 5 years ago

When you swing with Myr Battlesphere you can tap x untapped myr give him +x/+0 until end of turn and deal x damage. If you were to give him infect via cards like Tainted Strike , would the "burn" damage he deals with his effect apply poison counters?

"Effect damage" is not really a thing in magic it seems, but does sometime care whether the damage comes from a creature or non-creature spell and what card is actually doing the damage, which the grammar can get confusing.

Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1

Damage in MtG is either specifically combat damage, or any kind of damage. Infect works for all damage, as it doesn't specify that it must be combat damage. Myr Battlesphere 's "burn" effect says it deals X damage, and therefore that damage is done as poison counters if the Battlesphere is given infect.

The important part here is that the ability specifically says that Myr Battlesphere deals X damage. If Battlesphere was given lifelink, then that would apply to its "burn" damage as well.

March 17, 2019 11:13 p.m.

mfogle says... #2

Huge thank you for clearing that up. I've brewed decks before around a combo only to realize that they didn't work for similar reasons after playtesting. lol

March 17, 2019 11:25 p.m.

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