Blood Artist in the Board Wipe
Judge Level 2Everything dies at once — and the dead artist still triggers for everyone. Including himself.
Cards involved
The board before the storm
You control Blood Artist ("Whenever this or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life") and three other creatures. Your opponent casts Day of Judgment.
What happens?
All four die simultaneously.
How many times does Blood Artist trigger?
Pick an answer to continue.
Leaves-the-battlefield triggers (which "dies" is) check the game state immediately BEFORE the event (603.10a): Blood Artist still existed then and saw all four deaths — including his own. Four triggers; your opponent loses 4 life, you gain 4.
603.10aSome zone-change triggers look back in time. These are leaves-the-battlefield abilities, abilities that trigger when a player sacrifices a permanent, abilities that trigger when a card leaves a graveyard, and abilities that trigger when an object that all players can see is put into a hand or library.
The tally
Day of Judgment resolves, all four creatures die at once, four Blood Artist triggers go on the stack: your opponent drops to 16, you gain 4.
603.10aSome zone-change triggers look back in time. These are leaves-the-battlefield abilities, abilities that trigger when a player sacrifices a permanent, abilities that trigger when a card leaves a graveyard, and abilities that trigger when an object that all players can see is put into a hand or library.
Rule of thumb
"Dies" triggers work even when their source dies in the same event — the rules backbone of every aristocrats deck. A board wipe doesn't play around Blood Artist, it feeds him.
603.10aSome zone-change triggers look back in time. These are leaves-the-battlefield abilities, abilities that trigger when a player sacrifices a permanent, abilities that trigger when a card leaves a graveyard, and abilities that trigger when an object that all players can see is put into a hand or library.
Stack
Opponent's life:
Blood Artist
Whenever a creature dies: opponent loses 1, you gain 1
Grizzly Bears
One of your three other creatures
Day of Judgment
Destroy all creatures
The stack is empty.
Battlefield
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