How would having two Pariahs on two different creatures I own work?
Asked by SpaceBox 11 years ago
I made a variant of the cheesy Stuffy Doll +Pariah /Guilty Conscience deck. Don't worry, I only use it against other cheese decks. :P
Anyway, I stuck 4xStuffy Doll and 4xPariah in the deck. My question is if I'm playing a multi-player game and I cast 2xStuffy Doll targeting different players and equip them both with Pariah what happens?
1) Does the first Pariah cast take precedence?2) Do each of the Stuffy Doll cards get "all the damage that would have been dealt to me"?3) Do they cancel each other out?4) Do they create a tear in the fabric of reality transporting both players to an alternate universe where Nicholas Cage is actually a good actor?5) Does something else happen?
I had a similar question with palisade giants and the answer was that all damage is delt to one of the two creatures (you chose) and you can not split it between them
June 22, 2013 7:06 a.m.
Absinthman says... Accepted answer #3
When two or more replacement effects try to modify the same event, the controller of those effects choose which one of them will apply first. Then, if the second effect is still able to modify that event, it will do so. However, each replacement effect gets only one chance to be applied.
In this case, when you would be dealt damage, you choose which Pariah
applies first. Then, the damage is dealt to the respective creature. The second Pariah
now can't apply because the event of your being damaged has already been replaced by a different effect.
June 22, 2013 7:45 a.m.
say they attack with 4 creatures. each of those 4 counts as a separate source. for each source you choose which it affects. so you could say creature one deals to the first pariah. second creatures deals to the second pariah. the third source deals to whichever you want. etc etc etc
June 22, 2013 7:48 a.m.
Absinthman says... #5
An example of two replacement effects working together is the situation with two Palisade Giant s that Uzumaki1 has mentioned. For example: When damage is about to be dealt to you, you choose the Giant that will apply its ability first. Then however, the second Giant's ability still can be applied because its wording says "or another permanent you contol". So while the first replacement effect redirected the damage to the first Giant, the second replacement effect will redirect that damage from the first Giant to the second. As I've said, each replacement effect applies only once, so this doesn't result into an infinite loop.
June 22, 2013 7:49 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #7
@Absinthman: For multiple replacement effects, it's the affected player or controller of the affected object who makes the decisions about how to apply them, not the controller of the effects. For example, if you put two Pariah on two of your opponent's creatures and then dealt damage to him, he would get to decide how to apply the Pariah effects.
June 22, 2013 4:10 p.m.
Thank all of you guys for taking the time to answer. It's great to have such an awesome resource available when you need it.
SpaceBox says... #1
Sorry in advance for the formatting error. Sometimes I suck at the interwebs. :(
June 22, 2013 6:51 a.m.