Polukranos and Bow of Nylea

[rarehuntertay]

Let's say I have {Bow of Nylea} and {Polukranos, World Eater} in play. Polukranos is not monsterous. I enter my attack phase and declare Polukranos as an attacker. Before blocking is declared, I activate its ability for lets say, x=3. Would the damage that results from this be considered deathtouch damage?

[The1337Magician]

Polukranos is still attacking. Is he not? I would say it does.

[Mlerner12]

Yes, it is damage, not combat damage, so you would be correct, it is Deathtoich.

[The1337Magician]

Here's your rule:
702.2c: A creature with toughness greater than 0 that's been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked is destroyed as a state-based action. See rule 704.
So fighting and such also works I think.

[Giggle the Draco Genius]

Yep, as seen in the rule posting above it will be deathtouch since it is the deathtouch creature doing the damage. This is why {izzet staticaster} and {nightshade peddler} were such a good combo

[griffin131]

Where's the death touch coming from?
I must be missing something.

[DylanW18]

From the Bow. It says Attacking Creatures you control gain deathtouch

[Birdbrain]

Isn't there a creature were whenever a +1/+1 counter is put on a creature you put two instead?

{copper jack menace}

I think that would go well with the hydra

[Birdbrain]

Golgari monstrous might be a thing

[The1337Magician]

BG, RG, or BRG might be a thing. Maybe even added to some Modern Devour or Bloodthirst decks.

[Birdbrain]

Ok, there is a staic ability on the bow that didn't make it into the app update yet. It says attacking creatures have deathtouch...

im not seeing any Theros cards in the database. Even after attempted updates

[AkiraDeLaine]

Official start as early as Saturday 0:01 right, did other cards show up earlier than that in other sets?