My turn of Boros Reckoner + Reckless Rage + Lifelink
Asked by 9-lives 4 years ago
If I cast Reckless Rage and have Boros Reckoner on the battlefield on my turn, will it deal 4 damage to a creature, then I can direct 2 damage to Boros Reckoner which I can redirect to the opponent player's life or the same creature, and then end my turn with my Boros Reckoner having his life regenerated before the end of my turn? And if I have lifelink on my Reckless Rage will I gain 6 life total?
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
Yes, this does what you want it to do.
Reckless Rage will deal 4 damage to the first target and 2 damage to Boros Reckoner simultaneously. If you gave Reckless Rage lifelink (for example, with Firesong and Sunspeaker ) then you'll gain a total of 6 life. Boros Reckoner 's ability will trigger and it will deal 2 damage to any target of your choice.
Note that the damage dealt to Boros Reckoner isn't redirected to a different target. The Reckoner still takes the damage.
Yesterday says... #1
You're mostly right. Creatures heal up any damage they had on them during the cleanup step of the end phase of each turn.
Boros Reckoner doesn't 'redirect' any damage, which sounds pedantic but damage redirection is actually a thing in Magic* and this is something else. After it takes 2 damage, it'll deal 2 damage to any other target of your choice. You could add that to the same target that took the previous 4 damage for a total of 6, but the 2 damage that the Reckoner deals is the only damage that will gain you life, because the Reckoner has lifelink and is the one dealing that 2 damage. (It's a new instance of 2 damage rather than being the same damage that the spell would deal.)
Redirect is an archaic term used on cards like Reflect Damage which has since been oracle-texted to not use that word on newer cards like Razia, Boros Archangel .
April 2, 2021 1:33 p.m.