Killing Mutavault

Asked by GoofyFoot 11 years ago

So I ran into a wierd interaction the other day. my buddy attacked with a Mutavault , which I blocked with my Phyrexian Crusader . he then played Mutagenic Growth on his mutavault, making it a 4/4. Enter combat, Crusader hits mutavault for 2 first strike, and brings it down to a 2/2. it kills crusader, but the issue we had was end of turn, does mutavault die, or just turn back into a land? which happens first?

nighthawk101 says... #1

The Mutavault would die. It would be a 4/4 with 4 -1/-1 counters on it, so the next time state-based actions are checked, it would die. (As a sidenote, your Phyrexian Crusader would also die.

March 14, 2014 4:20 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2

EOT effects wear off simultaneously, not in any particular order. When all effects are handled, Mutavault will be a noncreature land with two -1/-1 counters on it (which means it will die as a state-based action the next time it is animated).

March 14, 2014 4:20 p.m.

GoofyFoot says... #3

that's what I thought. Thanks Epochalyptik.

March 14, 2014 4:28 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #4

@williamgp99: That's incorrect.

Phyrexian Crusader is a 2/2 first strike infect, and Mutavault is a 4/4. There's no way Phyrexian Crusader can deal 4 damage to Mutavault .

During the first combat damage step, Phyrexian Crusader will deal 2 infect damage to Mutavault , reducing Mutavault to a 2/2.

During the second combat damage step, Mutavault will deal 2 damage to Phyrexian Crusader , killing it.

At the end of the turn, Mutavault will become a noncreature land with two -1/-1 counters on it.

@GoofyFoot: Please remember to select an answer.

March 14, 2014 4:40 p.m.

nighthawk101 says... #5

Huh. Read Phyrexian Crusader as double strike. Sorry !

March 14, 2014 6:37 p.m.

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