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Title: Pestilence
Post by: TBNL on May 23, 2012, 02:32:10 AM
Pretty sure about this one, but my friends disagree. If you have {Pestilence} and {Cemetery Gate} on the field, will the gate live through the pestilence? I'm pretty sure it wouldn't, because the pestilence is a global effect.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 02:36:06 AM
Why wouldn't it?

I mean you could kill it of they payed 5 black. But that would be dumb.

Your friend played that gate or you did?
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Gorzo on May 23, 2012, 04:01:44 AM
Quote from: TBNL on May 23, 2012, 02:32:10 AM
because the pestilence is a global effect.

Correct, pestilence will pierce pro-black because it's a non-targeting global effecting. If activated 5 times, the wall will be destroyed.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: TBNL on May 23, 2012, 08:11:45 AM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 02:36:06 AM
Why wouldn't it?

I mean you could kill it of they payed 5 black. But that would be dumb.

Your friend played that gate or you did?
Friend played the gate and pestilence, he has a deck based around it.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 08:24:56 AM
Pro-black still protects from damage so you could pay 100 black mana for pestilence ability and any pro-black creature will still live. 🔨
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: TBNL on May 23, 2012, 08:54:26 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 08:24:56 AM
Pro-black still protects from damage so you could pay 100 black mana for pestilence ability and any pro-black creature will still live. 🔨
Does the same rule apply with spells? Could a {Kor Firewalker} live through a {Slagstorm}?
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: scarsabrex on May 23, 2012, 09:56:50 AM
yes
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 10:09:26 AM
Any and all forms of damage is prevented.  Except a pro-red still dies if {malignus} or another non-preventable form of damage deals damage to a protected creature.

Note that cards like {wrath of god} do not do damage so pro-white still dies.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: scarsabrex on May 23, 2012, 10:12:48 AM
just so people understand

protection makes it so a creature can't be

Damaged
Equipped or enhanted
Blocked
Targeted

by things it has protection from
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:25:11 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 08:24:56 AM
Pro-black still protects from damage so you could pay 100 black mana for pestilence ability and any pro-black creature will still live. 🔨

That's actually incorrect. Protection from things protects the creature from being targeted. If its global, or an ongoing thing. It is affected.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Willthomjr on May 23, 2012, 11:45:17 AM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:25:11 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 08:24:56 AM
Pro-black still protects from damage so you could pay 100 black mana for pestilence ability and any pro-black creature will still live. 🔨

That's actually incorrect. Protection from things protects the creature from being targeted. If its global, or an ongoing thing. It is affected.

Protection from black damage still, regardless of how it happens.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 11:45:42 AM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:25:11 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 08:24:56 AM
Pro-black still protects from damage so you could pay 100 black mana for pestilence ability and any pro-black creature will still live. 🔨

That's actually incorrect. Protection from things protects the creature from being targeted. If its global, or an ongoing thing. It is affected.

cltrn81 is right for the following reasons:

Quote from: scarsabrex on May 23, 2012, 10:12:48 AM
just so people understand

protection makes it so a creature can't be

Damaged
Equipped or enhanted
Blocked
Targeted

by things it has protection from
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:52:19 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 11:45:42 AM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:25:11 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on May 23, 2012, 08:24:56 AM
Pro-black still protects from damage so you could pay 100 black mana for pestilence ability and any pro-black creature will still live. 🔨

That's actually incorrect. Protection from things protects the creature from being targeted. If its global, or an ongoing thing. It is affected.

cltrn81 is right for the following reasons:

Quote from: scarsabrex on May 23, 2012, 10:12:48 AM
just so people understand

protection makes it so a creature can't be

Damaged
Equipped or enhanted
Blocked
Targeted

by things it has protection from

But that's DIRECTLY damaged...ect. Isn't it?
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 11:57:56 AM
Nope.  It prevents any and ALL damage from a source of that color.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:59:26 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 11:57:56 AM
Nope.  It prevents any and ALL damage from a source of that color.

You should tell wizards to fix mtgo then. Haha

They seem to like to make mistakes.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 12:10:59 PM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 11:59:26 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 11:57:56 AM
Nope.  It prevents any and ALL damage from a source of that color.

You should tell wizards to fix mtgo then. Haha

They seem to like to make mistakes.
Really?  So on MTGO, your {Pestilence} could kill a pro-black dude?
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 12:13:35 PM
Not nessisarly that card. But I've seen plenty of global cards affect pro X creatures. Such as wrath cards killing pro white cards.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Clearmario on May 23, 2012, 12:24:50 PM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 12:13:35 PM
Not nessisarly that card. But I've seen plenty of global cards affect pro X creatures. Such as wrath cards killing pro white cards.
{pestilence} says that {pestilence} , the black creature which is the source, deals 1 damage. With wrath effects, they do not specify where the damage is originating so they don't have a specified color for damage

If {pestilence } said 'each creature is dealt 1 damage' instead of 'pestilence deal 1 damage to each creature} then you could kill pro black
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 12:26:33 PM
Quote from: Clearmario on May 23, 2012, 12:24:50 PM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 12:13:35 PM
Not nessisarly that card. But I've seen plenty of global cards affect pro X creatures. Such as wrath cards killing pro white cards.
{pestilence} says that {pestilence} , the black creature which is the source, deals 1 damage. With wrath effects, they do not specify where the damage is originating so they don't have a specified color for damage

Hmm that's quite interesting.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 12:42:18 PM
Quote from: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 12:13:35 PM
Not nessisarly that card. But I've seen plenty of global cards affect pro X creatures. Such as wrath cards killing pro white cards.
This is because {Wrath of God}, {Black Sun's Zenith} cards aren't dealing damage.

Damage
Enchant/Equip
Blocking
Targeting

{Wrath of God} does none of these things, and so its effect is not prevented.  {Bonfire of the Damned} deals damage, and so it can be prevented from Pro-red.
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Gorzo on May 23, 2012, 03:21:21 PM
Bah! I hate it when I'm wrong :P was so sure about this one too, but yup, I am dead wrong. Lousy protection confusion!
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 03:26:05 PM
Protection is one of those things that seems to trip-up a lot of newer players.  (Not saying you're 'newer', Gorzo.)

As long as you remember D.E.B.T. everything else follows from that.   8)
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Kuberr on May 23, 2012, 06:22:02 PM
Quote from: Gorzo on May 23, 2012, 03:21:21 PM
Bah! I hate it when I'm wrong :P was so sure about this one too, but yup, I am dead wrong. Lousy protection confusion!

I was right there with you on that. Haha
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: Leviathan on May 23, 2012, 07:57:19 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 03:26:05 PM
Protection is one of those things that seems to trip-up a lot of newer players.  (Not saying you're 'newer', Gorzo.)

As long as you remember D.E.B.T. everything else follows from that.   8)

Creatures with protection are debt free?
Title: Re: Pestilence
Post by: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 08:21:41 PM
Quote from: Leviathan on May 23, 2012, 07:57:19 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on May 23, 2012, 03:26:05 PM
Protection is one of those things that seems to trip-up a lot of newer players.  (Not saying you're 'newer', Gorzo.)

As long as you remember D.E.B.T. everything else follows from that.   8)

Creatures with protection are debt free?
They are protected from new debt. 💰 if they had old debt they're still in it.