I am curious about Infect(poison counters) and phases
Asked by Magiclover318 10 years ago
When is the amount of poison counters a player has checked? I have a deck that uses a t2 infect combo, but I would like to know in which phase the amount of poison counters is checked.
More precisely, the game checks for state based actions whenever a player would get priority. This will almost always be right after the distribution of poison counters, but not necessarily. Adding poison counters does not trigger the state-based action.
If you're wondering when and how a player gets priority, check 116. Timing and Priority
June 3, 2014 12:07 p.m.
Magiclover318 says... #3
Okay so my combo goes
T1 Glistener Elf or Inkmoth Nexus
T2: Blazing Shoal discarding Progenitus or Reaper King onto one of the creatures. If I am attacking with Glistener Elf I also play Berserk before I deal combat damage.
Right when I deal CB Damage the game is over?
gufymike says... Accepted answer #1
It's a state-based action check. Basically, it's checked as soon as they get a poison a counter and before anyone gets priority. Similar to their life being 0 after damage.
104.3d If a player has ten or more poison counters, he or she loses the game the next time a player would receive priority. (This is a state-based effect. See rule 704.)
704.1. State-based actions are game actions that happen automatically whenever certain conditions (listed below) are met. State-based actions dont use the stack.
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June 3, 2014 11:47 a.m.