Blood baron of vizkopa

[ibtrickey]

 {Blood Baron of Vizkopa}
How does the protection work? And for life link does it only work when attacking or also defending?

[Gorzo]

Lifelink works whenever the creature deals damage. Any time a creature with lifelink deals damage, its controller gains that much life.

Blood Baron's protection works just like any other protection - it cannot be...

Damaged by,
Enchanted by,
Blocked by, or
Targeted by

any sources it is protected from. In his case, anything white (ex. {Intrepid Hero}) or anything black. (Ex. {Murder})

[Spikepit]

To further explain with an answer to a question my students persistently ask, a creature with protection from a colour/creatures will still deal damage but won't take it.

[Rob]

Is damage stil dealt to a creature with protection? I'm thinking about Lifelink....

[Gorzo]

Is damage stil dealt to a creature with protection? I'm thinking about Lifelink....

Damage from a protected source is prevented, so no.

Unless you {Skullcrack} or something, then a protected creature can be damaged (if you can find a way to do so without targeting or blocking or anything else that protection prevents you from doing).

[Moocow4u2]

Is damage stil dealt to a creature with protection? I'm thinking about Lifelink....

Damage from a protected source is prevented, so no.

Unless you {Skullcrack} or something, then a protected creature can be damaged (if you can find a way to do so without targeting or blocking or anything else that protection prevents you from doing).

Like if it blocks you

[Steerpike]

Oh that's interesting... Protection from damage of a certain source can be nullified like that?

[Wackaman9001]

Kinda like blocking {malignus} with a pro-red, all you get is sadness

[Gorzo]

Indeed,once the crack hits the table, nothing can reduce damage until end of turn, including protections.

At least I think that's how it works...

Correct, assuming "hits the table" means "resolves"

Just be prepared for your opponent to call a judge if you pull Skullcrack shenanigans to damage a protected creature that's blocking you. I'd estimate that 9/10 players will think you're wrong or bs-ing them, but it really does work that way that's getting into multiple layers of rules, each of which tend to confuse a lot of players. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see something like this on a rules advisor/judge test.

[DylanW18]

{Skullcrack} is target player.

[Wackaman9001]

{Skullcrack} is target player.

Yes but other things on the card state that damage can't be prevented, which override part of the protection

[DylanW18]

The part where damage is prevented in the clause of "Protection", yes, {Skullcrack} overwrites that section. So a {Loxodon Smiter} and {Blood Baron of Vizkopa} would trade

[Mattao19]

Can you just  {Trait Doctoring} to remove Pro White and Black to make it Pro Blue and Black?

[DylanW18]

Yes you can

[Gorzo]

Yep, but as a side note, you can't use trait doctoring to change pro-blue to a different color (because trait doctoring is blue and can't target the protected thing it's trying to alter.

Protection is fun.