How does Repercussion work?
Asked by Sudain 14 years ago
Is it like [[Stuffy Doll] where I cast Lightning Bolt at a 1/1 & the controller take 2 damage or would they just take 1?
doinitwrong says... #2
If you Lightning Bolt a 1/1 with a Repercussion on the field, the 1/1's controller would take 3 damage.
March 2, 2011 8:46 p.m.
Cool! Is there a rule I can cite next time my group says I'm full of crack?
March 2, 2011 8:55 p.m.
Your best bet would be this one:
119.5. Damage dealt to a creature or planeswalker doesn't destroy it. Likewise, the source of that damage doesn't destroy it. Rather, state-based actions may destroy a creature or planeswalker, or otherwise put it into its owner's graveyard, due to the results of the damage dealt to that permanent. See rule 704.
Example: A player casts Lightning Bolt, an instant that says "Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player," targeting a 2/2 creature. After Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to that creature, the creature is destroyed as a state-based action. Neither Lightning Bolt nor the damage dealt by Lightning Bolt destroyed that creature.
March 2, 2011 9:40 p.m.
yeah it is more of an, on the card thing that a ruling. Lightning Bolt say deal 3 damage. It does not care about the size of the target. If cast it deals 3 damage to a 1/1 or 12/12 just the same.
reprecussion then says, "how much damage was dealt to that creature? Oh 3 great! Then 3 to that player too."
March 2, 2011 10:38 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #6
This also means that if you attack with a 9/9 indestructible lifelinker and the chump block with their 1/1 Elf token, you're still gaining 9 life.
Sudain says... #1
Stuffy Doll - sorry the link didn't work.
March 2, 2011 8:35 p.m.