Regeneration and sacrifice.
Asked by LiquidKid 11 years ago
My friend thinks you can regenerate a sacrificed creature...I believe this to be wrong...Is he right?
Regeneration only prevents destroy effects (which use the word 'destroy' explicitly) and destruction as a state-based effect due to lethal damage being dealt..
It does not save a creature from being sacrificed.
November 4, 2013 10:26 p.m.
701.12a If the effect of a resolving spell or ability regenerates a permanent, it creates a replacement effect that protects the permanent the next time it would be destroyed this turn. In this case, 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.
701.12b If the effect of a static ability regenerates a permanent, it replaces destruction with an alternate effect each time that permanent would be destroyed. In this case, Regenerate [permanent] means Instead remove all damage marked on [permanent] and tap it. If its an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat.
701.12c Neither activating an ability that creates a regeneration shield nor casting a spell that creates a regeneration shield is the same as regenerating a permanent. Effects that say that a permanent cant be regenerated dont prevent such abilities from being activated or such spells from being cast; rather, they prevent regeneration shields from having any effect.If you play the regeneration ability of a permanent, but it has not regenerated yet, it is said to have a "regeneration shield."
The regeneration effect must have resolved (i.e. the regeneration shield must exist) before the permanent would be destroyed.
Regeneration cannot replace a permanent being sacrificed, removed from the game, a creature's toughness being reduced to 0 or less, or any other way a permanent could leave play except being destroyed.
November 4, 2013 10:27 p.m.
Samuel_The_Seer says... #4
Sacrificing basically waters down to, "Is put into the graveyard from play"Regenerate is, "Tap it, remove all damage from it"
Leafy024 says... #1
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure regeneration only refers to creature takeing lethal damage or being destroyed.
November 4, 2013 10:19 p.m.