If you phthisis a creature that regenerates
Asked by Hiding 12 years ago
does the creature's controller still lose life?
Not sure if this is right in this instance but,614.8. Regeneration is a destruction-replacement effect. The word instead doesnt appear on the card but is implicit in the definition of regeneration. Regenerate [permanent] means The next time [permanent] would be destroyed this turn, instead remove all damage marked on it and tap it. If its an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat. Abilities that trigger from damage being dealt still trigger even if the permanent regenerates.
October 24, 2012 9:39 p.m.
Just making sure, I thought there was a rule where if the 1st part of a spell doesn't go through, the rest doesn't happen or something like that.
October 24, 2012 9:42 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
DaCeltics: That is just an explanation of what regeneration is. The last line deals with abilities that trigger as a result of damage dealt to a regenerated creature, not with spells that may or may not need a creature to die to have some effect. This is because such spells tell you whether they do or do not need the creature to die.
@Hiding: It sounds like you're referring to an instance of a spell fizzling, which means it is countered as a result of not having any legal targets when it would resolve. Fizzled spells don't have any of their effects resolve. Spells that require something to happen before something else can happen will explicitly state that condition in their text.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Yes. The life loss effect of Phthisis is not dependent upon the creature being destroyed (such dependence would be signaled by the used of the phrase "if that creature is destroyed this way").
October 24, 2012 9:37 p.m.