Can you {Skullcrack} a {Celestial Mantle} so that they don't double their life?
Yes. Any life increase is treated as gaining life. Decreaae as losing life.
Quote from: NuclearChicken on July 02, 2013, 10:33:34 PM
Can you {Skullcrack} a {Celestial Mantle} so that they don't double their life?
Yes, you must cast skullcrack before combat damage resolves.
10/1/2009 If a player's life total is doubled, that player actually gains or loses the necessary amount of life. For example, if the life total of the enchanted creature's controller is 14 when Celestial Mantle's triggered ability resolves, the ability causes that player to gain 14 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
Ha that would be funny. If {Celestial Mantle} caused you to lose life because something like {Platinum Angel} was keeping you alive and the doubling of your negative life kept you from surviving when {Platinum Angel} died. Lol.