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Title: Just a question regarding loss of life.
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 1:17pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

I know damage causes loss of life, but if I were cast channel and pay 19 life for 19 colorless mana, and sacrifice a children of korlis, do I gain back the life I paid, or does the payment count as something other than life loss?
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 3:36pm

GenericNode
Posts: 40
Joined: 24-Dec-09

This would work because you are not preventing the damage... you are simply gaining back the life that you lost in order to use channels ability.
Date Posted: Thu Feb/25/10 at 7:47pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

While Generic did answer the question i would like to expand on it alittle, mainly due to personal love for the children.

Any changes in your life total are considered to be a loss or gain depending on the change.  So for example if you are at 20 life and an opponent plays magister sphinx, which changes your life total to 10, you technically lost 10 life, if you were to sac the kids after this you would be back at 20.  On the same token if you are at 10 life and you have eternity vessel with 20 counters in play, your life becomes 20, you gained 10 life, sanguine bond will do 10 to your opponent.

Children only cares if your life total went down.  It doesn't care what the reason for that life loss was be it damage, payment, the sphinx or some other effect
Date Posted: Fri Feb/26/10 at 9:23pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Cool. Thanks for clearing that up.

 
Date Posted: Sat Feb/27/10 at 1:34am

Ephemerance
Posts: 913
Joined: 18-Jun-09

Children of K. is retardedly overpowered. Mix that with something like fire covenant or anything else that costs life, and the game slowly becomes broken.
Date Posted: Sun Mar/07/10 at 10:55am

JMDin83
Posts: 880
Joined: 30-Jul-09

Hatred + Children = HATREDCOPTER!
Date Posted: Sun Mar/07/10 at 8:50pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

How about Children of K + Yawgmoth's Bargain?

Bargains of Children? LOL



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