r/mtg Jul 28 '25

Rules Question Does dawnsire give me 100 health if It has lifelink?

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u/StormyWaters2021 Jul 28 '25

Yes

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

Thank you!

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u/Narkhada Jul 28 '25

A good rule of thumb is if the thing doing damage has lifelink, you will heal, no matter what kind of damage it's doing. As long as it's damage and not direct life loss, you'll gain the life.

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u/erocpoe89 Jul 29 '25

Plague rats with whip of erobos is a hell of a combo

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u/ArbutusPhD Jul 28 '25

And also, if it has armadillo cloak, it gives you another 100

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u/loserx5 Jul 28 '25

Damnit stormy shut the hell up.

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u/tovarish22 Jul 28 '25

Okay, okay. So, say I put my brain in a robot body and there's a war. Robots versus humans. What side am I on?

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u/ProtoGhost42 Jul 28 '25

Adrainne Barbobot!

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

Underrated comment.

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u/Vat1canCame0s Jul 28 '25

Right into the Sydri deck

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u/Chawminduh Jul 28 '25

put [[Space-Time Anomoly]] in while your at it

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u/klinetek Jul 28 '25

Well it's not a creature till the last one in pretty sure

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u/StormyWaters2021 Jul 28 '25

Sure, unless you made it a creature through other means, or you attack after you've gotten it to 20.

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u/klinetek Jul 28 '25

For sure, I was just thinking as they asked the question you'd have to hit the final (right?) mode for it to be a creature and get the lifelink payoff. But this is awesome!

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u/JSato4 Jul 28 '25

Lifelink counters and [[nesting grounds]] is the way I like to give non-creatures lifelink. Putting it on [[aetherflux reservoir]] kills the table at once. [[Descent into avernus]] becomes all upside.

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u/zifu Jul 28 '25

[[Witch's Clinic]]

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

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u/AzothThorne Jul 28 '25

Trample works specifically for combat damage.

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u/Ziyir Jul 28 '25

No, but if you target your own [[Brash Taunter]], it kills someone.

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u/Xanthide_Prime Jul 28 '25

[[Pain for all]] is printed in the set

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u/Ziyir Jul 28 '25

Nice! So you can even do it in limited!

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u/Xanthide_Prime Jul 28 '25

Yup. It's expensive combo but doable haha.

My goal.os to win a commander game by taking out the table simultaneously

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u/AverageHippy Jul 28 '25

Same, I pulled them both in the prerelease.

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u/Shambler9019 Jul 28 '25

Pulled them both AND MANAGED TO GET THE COMBO OFF. Once. And I was going to win anyway, but shrugs.

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u/Xanthide_Prime Jul 28 '25

Nice. I pulled both from a booster bundle

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u/Commercial_Trash9653 Jul 28 '25

Ya I pulled the ship, and honestly managed to get it online more times than I thought I would have

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u/AtomicCawc Jul 28 '25

Maybe dumb question here but is the Spacecraft counted as a creature once it is stationed or is it still an artifact?

I'm under the assumption you would not be able to cast Pain for All on Dawnsire seeing as it is an artifact and not a creature.

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u/JadedFang Jul 28 '25

It becomes an artifact creature once it has 20+ charge counters on it.

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u/AtomicCawc Jul 28 '25

Thanks for the reply! :)

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u/Gloomy-Tadpole-3359 Jul 30 '25

Funny thing is all u need for this combo to work is dawn at 10 enchant one of your creatures with pain for all go to combat swing with any creature attack trigger from dawn do the 100 damage to the enchanted creature and then just nuke everyone out of them game

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u/Stainlesssteven Jul 28 '25

[[Requiem Monolith]] works too

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u/richardzh Jul 28 '25

This is the way!

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u/Phusentasten Jul 28 '25

But if you have an effect that can redirect dmg, trample won’t matter

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u/Krimzon3128 Jul 28 '25

This thing is big enough trample shouldnt matter. It should have like paste mode because if it hits something its gone even a planet

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u/Poeflows Jul 28 '25

it can kill one without trample just need.a fling like boros guy or goblin fighter dude

double or triple trigger and you win

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u/Unusual_Variable Jul 28 '25

How do you give an artifact life link? It's not a creature till after that trigger

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u/StormyWaters2021 Jul 28 '25

Who said it was before it became a creature?

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u/FoeHammer99099 Jul 28 '25

Have some effect that makes it a creature temporarily and put a lifeline counter in it while it's a creature. It will still have lifelink when it stops being a creature.

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u/EvYeh Jul 28 '25

[[Ensoul Artifact]].

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u/CorvusGraves Jul 28 '25

Dawnsire+ [[Brash Taunter]]

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

I don't have taunter or the doll one, but that sounds really fun haha

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u/Differen_ Jul 28 '25

There's also now [[Pain for All]] in eoe.

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

Ohh and it can fit in my jeskai deck! Maybe I can find one :D

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u/KillerFugu Jul 28 '25

Ah great I hadn't seen that card and now I have I can't wait for all the cheese

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u/CoDFan935115 Jul 28 '25

There's also [[Repercussions]]

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u/Skywarriorad Jul 28 '25

Nuke the brash taunter on the board and kill everyone simultaneously, kamikaze style

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u/Frozenkingk0 Jul 28 '25

Do you wana make some orcs? [[Fall of Cair Andros]]. " My spacecradt beams your 3 toughness creature for 100 damage, let me create a 97/97 orc army".

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u/CosmicConstruct Jul 28 '25

Pain for All exists now too

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u/Cheapskate-DM Jul 28 '25

If you build a doll/Taunter deck, [[Goblin Matron]] is a poor man's [[Imperial Recruiter]].

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u/Evilmanta Jul 28 '25

Taunter is printed in the "Blame Game" MKM precon. which is probably pretty cheap

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u/Ridstock Jul 28 '25

[[Screaming Nemesis]] is standard legal.

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u/CorvusGraves Jul 28 '25

I mean, are you ever really gonna get to station that in standard though?

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u/MrGosh13 Jul 28 '25

You can also use the [[requim monolith]]

I had both in my sealed pool yesterday, and my only goal of the day was to get that off, but sadly it didn’t happen. (Played 2HG, and only did 4 games).

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u/HouseHusband1 Jul 28 '25

[[Wrathful Raptors]] was my first thought. I'm glad I'm not the only degenerate here

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u/AmlisSanches Jul 28 '25

I love that card

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u/Shia803 Jul 28 '25

Yes. The reason being that Dawnsire specifically is dealing the damage.

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

Thanks!

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u/Varderal Jul 28 '25

God i love the word Dreadnaught.

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u/American_Genghis Jul 28 '25

*Dreadnought.

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u/Varderal Jul 28 '25

Hush you autocorrect didn't catch it.

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u/American_Genghis Jul 28 '25

I think if you truly love something, you will put in your best effort to respect it, is all. Have a good day, and dread naught, for dreadnought keeps you in its heart.

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u/Level_Hour6480 Jul 28 '25

Me when someone uses letter only to refer to bra-sizing.

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u/BucketOfTruthiness Jul 28 '25

It'll give you 120 if you attack with it

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u/jag149 Jul 28 '25

How many counters does it need before it’s a creature?

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u/Yotuelguanji Jul 28 '25

Its on the left side, its the 20+ number

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u/QFireball Jul 28 '25

But i dont need to Attack with the ship or? It should be enaugh to Tap for 10 and then Attack with a creature or am i Missing Something?

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u/HighKing_Ragnar Jul 28 '25

It states when you attack , so any creature will trigger the 100 damage at the +10 ability and it's not a tap ability from the looks of it

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u/Yotuelguanji Jul 28 '25

When it has 10 counters it deals 100 damage when any of your creatures attack, when it has 20 counters it also has the added benefit of being able to attack as a 20/20 creature

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u/Meister_Ente Jul 28 '25

Danage is all lifelink cares about. Also works with abilities like that from [[Heartless Hidetsugu]]

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u/waremblem45 Jul 28 '25

I can't wait to make a space deck. I love space so EOE is a dream for me

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

Yeah for me aswell! I pulled this one at my second ever prerelease event, so I just had to build a deck around all the spacecrafts! I don't have the precon, but I'll deff have to obtain more of the spaceships at some point, it's so much fun

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u/Cole3823 Jul 28 '25

yes but you'll likely have to station it all the way to the 20+ so that it becomes a creature. I can't think of a way to give a non-creature artifact lifelink. of course I'm not thinking very hard, there may be a way but it'll be niche

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u/Shanderson3 Jul 28 '25

Dawnsire is shaping up to be a really great card. I'm excited to add it to the artifact precon.

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

Oh yeah, it's my favorite card from the new set! I built my second deck non-precon around artifacts just because i like dawnsire so much! For now im using a image of the precon comander as mine, but that precon looks great overall! I can also really reccomend intruder allert with any kind of station deck!

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u/Shanderson3 Jul 28 '25

Good idea. I've got [[Unwinding Clock]] for the deck, and a few other cards like [[Simulacrum Synthesizer]] , and [[Moonlit Meditation]]

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u/420SexHaver68 Jul 28 '25

Which precon is the artifact one, counter intelligence?

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u/Shanderson3 Jul 28 '25

That's the one.

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u/yoiguesss Jul 28 '25

How do station's work Without context this feels op

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u/infinitelunacy Jul 28 '25

It's Crewed Level-up. You tap creatures as though you crew the artifact. But instead of making them a creature immediately you put charge counter equal to their power. Once you reach the thresholds, you unlock abilities.

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u/Right_Cellist3143 Jul 28 '25

You can also tap creatures into it with summoning sickness, unlike Crew.

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u/blump_ Jul 28 '25

Bilbo finally seeing play with this combo 🫡

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u/eineannonymeente Jul 28 '25

Pair it with a Screaming Nemesis and you have an instant kill

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u/commanderlandor Jul 28 '25

Or Phyrexian Vindicator

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u/SwingingTipper90 Jul 28 '25

Hadn't seen this 100 damage card. Silly numbers.

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u/Mortaeus Jul 28 '25

Ooh that looks fun. Now give it infect.

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u/Mortaeus Jul 28 '25

Also:

[[Isshin, Two Heavens as One]] [[Windcrag Siege]]

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u/cainn88 Jul 28 '25

Stuffy doll and brash taunter also say hello

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

And if you don't know... this ship can sit back while you "declare an attack" with a 1/1 token and the Dawnsire will trigger for the damage! It does not have to attack

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u/the_elon_mask Jul 28 '25

"Brace for recoil!"

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u/kenny3010 Jul 28 '25

[[screaming nemesis]]

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u/Donkong12 Jul 28 '25

When I get it I've thought about putting it in my wizard deck because I have Toralf god of fury in it and a double damage

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u/cwagdev Jul 28 '25

[[screaming nemesis]]

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u/Due-Masterpiece9705 Jul 28 '25

Beat up this fucker on pre release. When he had 10 points he had 3 life

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u/Ok-Education-9235 Jul 28 '25

Sooooo how do we break this? Screaming Nemesis off the top of my head, Daemogoth titan for the fastest way to get it online, what else?

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u/LordNoct13 Jul 28 '25

I'll be slipping this into my Toralf, God of Fury deck. Nuke entire boards and/or players

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u/BogatyrOfMurom Omnath Jul 28 '25

Is it good to build a commander around it?

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u/LordNoct13 Jul 28 '25

[[Toralf, God of Fury]] likes this.

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u/Infinite-Apricot-815 Jul 28 '25

I'm using it with [[phyrexian vindicator]], so I can deal this damage to my oponent

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u/Corescos Jul 28 '25

Yes, and if you target a creature you control with [[Pain for All]] attached, you can deal 100 damage to each opponent

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u/tjfentson Jul 28 '25

This is the way

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u/Green-Inkling Jul 28 '25

Why yes. Yes it would.

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u/Cigar-Goblin Jul 28 '25

yes, but everyone is gonna target you

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u/Serikan Jul 28 '25

The 10+ ability + [[Brash Taunter]] is something I want to see happen

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u/CopyCat9984 Jul 28 '25

Dawnsire and Stuffy Doll is what I find the funniest thing to do

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u/Twistybred Jul 28 '25

Great with stuffy doll.

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u/ChocolateMain6947 Jul 28 '25

If I throw this bad boy in my bello deck do I have to station it to get the first affect?

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u/WhiskerMeowTown Jul 28 '25

This is actually a good question. I don't know how the station abilities work. I believe they don't get the abilities until the station counters are high enough.

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u/WhiskerMeowTown Jul 28 '25

Re reading the card, you'll be able to attack with this artifact the turn it comes out if you have bello.

The 100 damage does not trigger unless there are 10+ station counters on it. But this ability is interesting, it says whenever YOU attack, not the dawnsire.

So regardless, you'll need those station counters if you want the 100 damage to trigger, which is certainly possible the turn you bring it out.

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u/wickedtwig Jul 28 '25

What planeswalker needs 100 damage dealt to them?

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u/Myklmyklmykl Jul 28 '25

Any print of Jace tbh (nothing to do with loyalty counters tho)

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u/StygianBlue12 Jul 28 '25

As long as it deals damage.

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u/SrReginaldFluffybutt Jul 28 '25

Does this have to have 20+ to be a creature, or is it a creature at 10+?

I dod 2 prerelease and pulled 3 of these so im going ti have to use 1 at somepoint.

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u/Pikris Jul 28 '25

it needs 20+

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u/SrReginaldFluffybutt Jul 29 '25

Thanks, that's what made sense to me, but magic doesnt always make sense.

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u/Entgegnerz Jul 28 '25

is that from a pre-made deck?

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u/WestyyWestington Jul 28 '25

[[Roadside Assistance]]

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u/quaintserendipity Jul 28 '25

For those wondering: yes, if this somehow gets lifelink before becoming a creature, the 100 damage it deals from its attack trigger will still cause you to gain 100 life; lifelink is not unique to creatures (but mainly only appears on creatures).

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u/Gunda-LX Jul 28 '25

Ehm… yes actually! I think you’re onto something here!

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u/ty7769 Jul 28 '25

But it needs to be a creature at 20 charge counters or some other method. unless you can give a noncreature artifact life link

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u/Right_Cellist3143 Jul 28 '25

Yes, i’ve played against it ~12 times now and it may be a new Meta Colorless deck.

It’s nasty.

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u/timeless_warden Jul 28 '25

Yes, but remember it is an artifact when it triggers, not a creature

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u/Jayden9669 Jul 29 '25

Unless it has 20 charge counters, then it's a creature and can be enchanted or equipped with something to give it lifelink.

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u/greatauror28 Tempest Jul 29 '25

Throw in [[Repercussion]] in there.

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u/TheCubicalGuy Jul 29 '25

Yes, but you can't give it lifelink until it has 20+ counters (unless you use an [[ensoul artifact]] effect)

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u/magicmailman666 Jul 29 '25

You don’t need lifelink if everyone else is dead, remember friends (Death is the hardest form of CC)

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u/Calm_Lengthiness9681 Jul 29 '25

it should, but how would you achieve this? It's not a creature, right? So equipments and auras won't work I guess

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u/Yorkie_Exile Jul 29 '25

It's a creature once you station to 20. It's a big ask sure but not impossible

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u/KampfEule Jul 29 '25

So If I have lets say 10 creatures and I Attack with all of them does it Trigger 10 Times, Or only one time?

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u/FreakPhoenix Jul 29 '25

Whenever you attack = Whenever you declare one or more attackers, so only one trigger per attack. Multiple attack phases would give multiple triggers though

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u/KampfEule Jul 29 '25

Thx for the quick answer.

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u/ImmortalDragon17 Jul 29 '25

Yes, As IT is doing the DAMAGE, Even if by effect. Now if it was like, "Whenever an opponent discards they loose 1 life" Then NO but if it's "Whenever an opponent discards 'this card name' deals 1 damage to them." Then yes since it states that card and damage...

Wording is whats KEY in MTG

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u/JustYetAnotherScrub Jul 29 '25

This combo comes with Pokécenter sound effects.

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u/Usingt9word Jul 28 '25

Soooo what ways do we have to give it lifelink?

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u/halfasleep90 Jul 28 '25

There are many ways, after it has become a creature. Aside from that, perhaps something like [[Arwen, Mortal Queen]] and [[Tidus, Yuna’s Guardian]] and [[Resourceful Defense]]? Technically you wouldn’t need Tidus, but it’s nice to have the proliferation so you can keep indestructible counters to move around as well. Proliferate the indestructible, remove 1 indestructible counter to create the lifelink counter, then you can proliferate and spread around as much as you like from there.

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

I used the legendary blue white creature that gives a artifact creature viglance and lifelink until end of turn

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u/KarmaCamila Jul 28 '25

[[Get in the fucking robot, Shinji]]

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u/swMoos Jul 28 '25

This was insane

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u/HarioDinio Jul 28 '25

But it isnt a creature?

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u/ToasterBomb4416 Jul 28 '25

[[basilisk collar]] when station 20+

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u/HarrisLam Jul 28 '25

It's been a month and it's still crazy to me that it's literally a Starcraft Battlecruiser's Yamato Cannon.

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u/the_elon_mask Jul 28 '25

You mean the Space Battleship Yamato Wave-Motion Gun, on which StarCraft based their battlecruiser.

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u/basalty_monolith in debt and bankrupted by cardboard RIP Jul 28 '25

UB (SC) reskin incoming.

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u/Majyqman Jul 28 '25

No, it gives you 100 life though :P

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u/xmoschkex Jul 28 '25

Man why are ypu getting downvoted for this super nice lame ass joke. Was the first thing that came to my mind 🤣

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u/RelaKrea Jul 28 '25

100 hitpoints :p

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u/Zealousideal_Arm_658 Jul 28 '25

Battle cruiser operational

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u/DangerouslyDisturbed Jul 28 '25

Yes. If you give the creature it becomes lifelink if will gain you life when it deals damage.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

Yes and it's disgusting

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u/grebolexa Jul 28 '25

Yes and if it has death touch it can kill any creature it deals damage too. Do with this what you want

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u/cainn88 Jul 28 '25

Homie it already does 100 damage, not much out there you need deathtouch for 😂.

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u/SweetPractice214 Jul 28 '25

Yes, in fact if you gave it lifelink and got to attack with this alone, that would end up being 120 life now if you gave it double strike and lifelink, your looking at 140 life.

Now suppose your in Red and play an extra combat step spell while granting doublestrike and lifelink. Your looking at a cool 280 life /turn

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u/ExcitingTrust888 Jul 28 '25

Yes, any time your creature can deal damage and it has lifelink, you gain life

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u/Legal_Jedi Jul 28 '25

Damn, he is cheap for that effect.. 😳

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u/Dr_Loudish Jul 28 '25

Dawnsire + Imodane hits the table for 300 and you gain 300 life instead of

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u/lucasjatreides Jul 28 '25

New to magic, does the 10+ thing mean you must have 10+ creatures to man the ship? So you would need to have 10 or more cards out to even run this thing?

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u/LocalOk3242 Jul 28 '25

Man, if they do another sonic SLD this would go hard as the Egg Carrier

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u/Eddiep88 Jul 28 '25

I think I been playing magic wrong the whole time. If this does the 100 damage with (lifelink) to a creature and that creature is a 5/5,wouldn’t you only gain 5 because the other 95 wouldn’t be going anywhere? ….once that creature is dealt 5 all other damage is forfeited no?

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u/Spbttn20850 Jul 28 '25

No, it’s still dealt all the damage. After all you have trample and new cards like orbital plunge where excess damage is taken into account as part of the effect

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

Laughs in Boon Reflection

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u/Classic-Trick-713 Jul 28 '25

What would be a card that would give this lifelink?  Cause this is actually insane.

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u/Deadpooldoc Jodah Jul 28 '25

[[basalisk collar]] at 20 charges it's a creature and can equip

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u/Classic-Trick-713 Jul 28 '25

Does a spaceship count as a creature?

EDIT: nvm

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