Tainted Sigil and a bit of insanity

Asked by Red_alga 13 years ago

Hi!

My question is mostly about Tainted Sigil . Will it work if life is lost by players AFTER I sacrifice it but BEFORE the turn ends?

I'll illustrate

I have Sanguine Bond , Boon Reflection and Tainted Sigil on the battlefield.

My Child of Night with Spirit Link attached to her hits an opponent.

Then I sacrifice Tainted Sigil .

What happens? As I see it -

When Child of Night hits she makes 2 damage to an opponent and I gain 2 life because of her lifelink.

Spirit Link gives me 2 more life. So I gain 4

Boon Reflection doubles it and I have 8 life instead of 4.

Sanguine Bond makes my opponent loose 8 life (so - he looses 10 life total).

Tainted Sigil gives me 10 life.

Boon Reflection turnes it into 20

Sanguine Bond makes an opponent loose 20 life...

The question is - will Tainted Sigil keep on working (as far as the turn is not over)and give a recursion? And am I right about how Sanguine Bond and Boon Reflection work together?

BrightGreenLine says... Accepted answer #1

Tainted Sigil only works once, and it only works on the damage that happens before its ability resolves.

As for how you're playing out the Sanguine Bond/Boon Reflection, you're skipping a bunch of steps and technically playing it wrong, though you are arriving to the correct numbers. First, Boon Reflection doubles lifegain the moment you gain the life, it's not a trigger and it doesn't wait for lifegain to be bundled up. Here's the proper sequence of events:

• Child of Night deals 2 damage, and you gain 4 life. Spirit Link triggers for 2 damage, Sanguine Bond triggers #1 for 4 life. You pick which order the triggers resolve, I'll pick Spirit Link first.
• Spirit Link resolves, gaining you 4 life. Sanguine Bond triggers #2 again for 4 life.
• Sanguine Bond #2 resolves, removing 4 life from target opponent.
• Sanguine Bond #1 resolves, removing 4 life from target opponent.
• You sacrifice Tainted Sigil, your opponent lost 10 life so you'll gain 20. Sanguine Bond triggers #3 for 20.
• Sanguine Bond #3 resolves, removing 20 life from target opponent.

June 4, 2011 11:10 p.m.

Savage1988 says... #2

brightgreenline strikes again! he's right too :)

June 5, 2011 1 p.m.

Red_alga says... #3

Thanks for the detailed answer!

June 6, 2011 10:33 a.m.