Tahngarth and Soul-Scar Mage interaction
Asked by Ziembski 6 years ago
As we know, when Tahngarth, Talruum Hero uses his "fight" mechanic while equipped with wither, he weakens his target before he gets damage back. Does Soul-Scar Mage also make him put -1/-1 counters before targeted creatures hits him back?
Its replacement effect, as is wither, so basicly it should work.
Epochalyptik says... #2
Note that wither is not a replacement effect. Although it changes the result of damage, it doesn't replace damage with something else; it defines the nature of the damage being dealt.
This was done in order to keep wither from creating odd interactions with other kinds of damage-matters abilities, such as lifelink.
BlueScope says... Accepted answer #1
All damage that isn't dealt as a turn-based action in the combat damage step is noncombat damage - that includes damage from
fighteffects, contrary from what the wording might suggest, as well as all "deals damage to effects".So, since Tahngarth deals noncombat damage to an opponent's creature, Soul-Scar Mage's ability will apply to it and replace the damage with -1/-1 counters. This is more or less exactly what Wither does, except that it's not a keyword ability, and that it only applies to noncombat damage.
July 24, 2017 8:54 a.m.