Spear of heliod vs extort

[Master Vorzwick]

So I have spear of heliod on board and I'm going against a deck that has creatures with extort. My opponent casts a creature spell and extorts me with another creature already on board. Can I activate the spear of heliod and destroy the creature that was used to extort me, or does it not work since extort says " looses life" and not "deals damage"?

[DylanW18]

It does not work for 2(?) reasons


1.) Loss of life is not damage

2.) The creature was not what dealt the damage. If it said "this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain life equal to the life lost this way" it would work

RESOLVED

[Master Vorzwick]

Thanks. That cleared that up for me.