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Title: Life Totals and Abyssal Persecutor
Post by: TheDaftWizard on October 25, 2013, 01:19:46 PM
I was fumbling through the Card Database when I found an interesting card, and started wondering...

Situation: I have Abyssal Persecutor in play. The opponent's life total is 4. I deal them 9 damage. Next turn, they cast a spell that says they "gain 3 life", then kill my Abyssal Persecutor.

Question: Can their official life total go down past 0, leaving them at -2, and losing?; or does it stay at 0, rendering their life total at +3, and living to see another round?

Thank you in advance. :]
Title: Re: Life Totals and Abyssal Persecutor
Post by: Mattao19 on October 25, 2013, 01:28:00 PM
Quote from: TheDaftWizard on October 25, 2013, 01:19:46 PM
I was fumbling through the Card Database when I found an interesting card, and started wondering...

Situation: I have {Abyssal Persecutor} in play. The opponent's life total is 4. I deal them 9 damage. Next turn, they cast a spell that says they "gain 3 life", then kill my Abyssal Persecutor.

Question: Can their official life total go down past 0, leaving them at -2, and losing?; or does it stay at 0, rendering their life total at +3, and living to see another round?

Thank you in advance. :]
Title: Re: Life Totals and Abyssal Persecutor
Post by: Mattao19 on October 25, 2013, 01:30:14 PM
Yes anyone's life total can be below 0, but as soon as it does they die BUT if there is a card out like  {Abyssal Persecutor} then they can have -1,000 and still not die. But as soon as the AP dies the negative life causes a loss in the game
Title: Re: Life Totals and Abyssal Persecutor
Post by: TheDaftWizard on October 25, 2013, 06:01:52 PM
Thank you Mattao19! I'll keep this in mind. :]
Title: Re: Life Totals and Abyssal Persecutor
Post by: Mattao19 on October 25, 2013, 06:03:46 PM
I had this with a friend and I got him to -64 and I kept trying to kill the AP but he had counterspells ... Lol
Title: Re: Life Totals and Abyssal Persecutor
Post by: Wackaman9001 on October 25, 2013, 06:56:00 PM
Run this with {platinum angel}. Nobody leaves until I say you can!