Eternal Thirst and Might Makes Right
Asked by cradford609 8 years ago
So my wife and I are playing right now, we had a question about a card interaction with the '15 Core Set. I'm sure there's a rule already, just can't quite find it. I played Might Makes Right which allows me to take control of target creature an opponent controls to attack with. My wife has a card with Eternal Thirst attached to it. If I take control of that creature we had a couple questions...
A) - I'm sure that the health from lifelink would still give HER the health and not give it to ME, right? Or since I control the creature at the time of combat, would I get the health from the lifelink?
B) - If I gain control of the creature with Eternal Thirst attached to it, this card gets a +1/+1 counter when an opponent creature dies. Would that mean that if I attack with that creature, the creature would get a +1/+1 counter every time one of HER creatures dies, even though I AM technically her opponent?
Thanks! We're literally playing right now and ran into this, so if anyone can tell us as soon as feasible, that would be awesome!
koylucumert says... Accepted answer #2
both of those abilities affect the creature. as the creature changes sides, so the effect. if the card said for example "if that creature deals damage you gain that much life" it would make your wife gain the life since it is the enchantments ability to give life and your wife still controls the enchantment.for example if the creature had Spirit Link instead of the thirst, your wife would be the one gaining the life. however in this case the enchantment gives the creature the ability to give its controller life. so when the creature changes sides. so does the life gaining. same is true for the +1/+1 abilityfor short abilities like this work for their controller. if an ability is on an aura it stays with its owner unless you use an effect like "gain control of target enchantment". but if the aura gives a creature abilities, it is the creatures abilities so if you gain the control of the ability as you gain control of the creature.i think i mixed it up a bit but i hope it was understandable
February 28, 2016 4:34 a.m.
cradford609 says... #3
Great answers! Can I mark them both right? We had done a little heavy thinking, and figured that out using the card syntax already. But it was a strange occurance so thought I'd ask......
Denial048 says... #1
For Lifelink, the following rule applies...
702.15b Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that sources controller, or its owner if it has no controller, to gain that much life (in addition to any other results that damage causes). See rule 119.3.
So you gain the life.
Eternal Thirst's other ability is much the same. The enchantment puts the effect on the creature, so while you control the creature, your wife is your opponent, thus the creatures opponent, so her creature deaths power up the enchanted creature.
February 28, 2016 4:33 a.m. Edited.