lethal combat damage and death triggers

Asked by MeJeremy 2 years ago

After combat damage is assigned, and defending player has received lethal damage, would creature death triggers still resolve before the defending player loses? Say Piru, the Volatile dies from assigned combat damage at the same time that defending player takes lethal damage. Would Piru's death trigger resolve, possibly gaining enough life to bring defending players life total above 0, before defending player loses from lethal damage?

Yesterday says... Accepted answer #1

It would not.

Unless something is specifically stopping it (like a Platinum Angel), players lose the game from having 0 or less life as a State-Based Action. These are checked basically every time the stack is empty or something resolves, and cant be responded to.

The defending player in your scenario would lose the game while Piru's ability is on the stack, before it gets a chance to resolve. (Then Piru's ability would be exiled from the stack because its controller left the game.)

October 6, 2021 5:54 a.m.