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Title: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 09:21:36 PM
I'm new to magic and have a question about nighthawk. If he has death touch and gains life for damage done. The question is this : if I'm playing against my friend with a pumped up cryptborn and it is a 15/15 would I gain 15 lives because in reality my nighthawk would be doing 15 damage to destroy the cryptborn am I wrong in thinking this. If so please explain why. Seems like damage done would be whatever target creature needs to destroy it
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Gorzo on December 25, 2013, 09:25:08 PM
{Vampire Nighthawk} only deals damage equal to its power. That's how much life you gain, no matter how big the thing he kills might be.

This is because of the way Deathtouch works - Deathtouch doesn't change the amount of damage done, it just adds a special ability that says "any creature that takes 1 or more damage from this Deathtouch source is considered to have been hit for a lethal amount," essentially.
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
Ok thanks trying to figure out how these work
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Mattao19 on December 25, 2013, 11:01:57 PM
Quote from: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
Ok thanks trying to figure out how these work

That's what we are here for post your questions and usually somebody will reply within 30 mins!!
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Spencer Addington on December 25, 2013, 11:03:25 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on December 25, 2013, 11:01:57 PM
Quote from: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
Ok thanks trying to figure out how these work

That's what we are here for post your questions and usually somebody will reply within 30 mins!!
If gorzo or keyoto are online it changes to 30 seconds lol.
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Mattao19 on December 25, 2013, 11:14:32 PM
Quote from: Spencer Addington on December 25, 2013, 11:03:25 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on December 25, 2013, 11:01:57 PM
Quote from: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
Ok thanks trying to figure out how these work

That's what we are here for post your questions and usually somebody will reply within 30 mins!!
If gorzo or keyoto are online it changes to 30 seconds lol.

So true
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 11:33:19 PM
Thanks trying to put a red black together for standard wow lotta cards
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Ekann1 on December 26, 2013, 08:36:15 AM
Just want to point out nighthawk is not in standard... :) don't know if that was just a random comment or abut the nighthawk.
Title: Re: Vampire nighthawk
Post by: Jer123amy on December 26, 2013, 11:43:27 AM
Saw night hawk in cards saw ability had to ask while thinking about it. Still learning how cards work