Not Losing the Game Before You Lose the Game
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:25 am
Ylzma, Who Suffers in Silence --
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Morose (Ylzma can't attack and her activated abilities can't be activated unless you lost life or a creature you control died this turn.)
Flying
If you would lose four or more life due to a single source, you gain "You don't lose the game for having zero or less life" until the beginning of your next upkeep and then lose that much life.
4/3
.
So, here's an oddity. I want Ylzma (in all her dark majesty) to work against Voltron/battleship commanders -- those who prefer to take one or two big swings to take out an opponent -- while still allowing weenies and chip damage to get through.
As I understand it, this should work with damage becoming life loss, but possibly it needs to look at damage being dealt separately from life loss. As it stands, looking ahead to see the result of an effect / ability / game action is pretty unusual. But just as obviously, it can't trigger or begin to apply after the life has been lost.
Is there a better or cleaner way of expressing this? I don't want to go full Lich / Platinum Angel treatment.
Thanks!
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Morose (Ylzma can't attack and her activated abilities can't be activated unless you lost life or a creature you control died this turn.)
Flying
If you would lose four or more life due to a single source, you gain "You don't lose the game for having zero or less life" until the beginning of your next upkeep and then lose that much life.
4/3
.
So, here's an oddity. I want Ylzma (in all her dark majesty) to work against Voltron/battleship commanders -- those who prefer to take one or two big swings to take out an opponent -- while still allowing weenies and chip damage to get through.
As I understand it, this should work with damage becoming life loss, but possibly it needs to look at damage being dealt separately from life loss. As it stands, looking ahead to see the result of an effect / ability / game action is pretty unusual. But just as obviously, it can't trigger or begin to apply after the life has been lost.
Is there a better or cleaner way of expressing this? I don't want to go full Lich / Platinum Angel treatment.
Thanks!