Does Paying Life Count as Losing Life?

Asked by DemonDragonJ 8 years ago

Some cards have effects that trigger when a player loses life, and others have effects that require a player to pay life, so I wonder: does paying life count as losing life? For example, if a player paid 1 life to use the ability of Yawgmoth's Bargain, and their opponent controlled an Exquisite Blood, would the second player gain 1 life?

From what I understand, any time that a player's life total decreases, for any reason, that is considered life loss, so paying life should interact with effects that care about life loss. Is that the case?

Trockenmatt says... #1

Yes.

If you lose life in any way (Paying life, lose life spells, taking damage) your opponent's Exquisite Blood WILL trigger.

August 29, 2015 12:40 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2

To be clear, you lose life whenever you experience a negative change in life. It doesn't matter what caused that change.

August 29, 2015 12:51 p.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #3

Thank you very much, good sirs or madames.

August 29, 2015 12:53 p.m.