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"Jimmy Wong" <j4389130@telus.net> writes:
> Player A is at 15 life and has 10 swamps and a 3/3 creature in play.
> Player B is at 10 life and has no swamps and a 5/5 creature in play.
>
> Player A casts corrupt at player B and then player B responds by playing
> radiate.
,----[ Oracle ]
| Corrupt
| {5}{B}
| Sorcery
| Corrupt deals damage equal to the number of Swamps you control to
| target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt
| this way.
|
| Radiate
| {3}{R}{R}
| Instant
| Choose target instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single
| permanent or player. For each other permanent or player that spell
| could target, put a copy of the spell onto the stack. Each copy
| targets a different one of those permanents and players.
`----
> What happens?
For sake of simplicity, I'll assume nobody has anything else they want
to play to complicate things.
When Radiate resolves, 3 copies of Corrupt go on the stack, one
targeting the 3/3, one targeting the 5/5, and one targeting Player
A. Player B (the controller of Radiate) chooses the order. He'd likely
put the copies like this (so the opponent's stuff dies first):
== Top of Stack ==
Copy-Corrupt targeting Player A
Copy-Corrupt targeting 3/3 creature
Copy-Corrupt targeting 5/5 creature
Corrupt targeting Player B
== Bottom of Stack ==
(Other orders will end up having the same net result.)
Now, I'm 78% sure that Player A still controls all those copies. (I
can't find anything *saying* so in the rules, however. The controller
of a spell is the person who played it, and 503.10 explicitly says
that a copy isn't "played". So I assume that it copies controller as
well. I'll provide the alternative answer if I'm wrong on this point
below.)
So, since nobody has anything else left to play, each of these will
end up resolving in turn.
- Player A takes 10 damage and gains 10 life. (Still at 15 life)
(Note that even if he had less than 10 life, he still wouldn't
have died here since he regains it before the spell finishes
resolving.)
- The 3/3 creature gets smacked for 10 and Player A gains 10 life. The
3/3 dies due to having lethal damage.
- The 5/5 creature gets 10 damage handed to it, and Player A gains
another 10 life. The 5/5 dies.
- Player B takes 10 damage and Player A gains 10 life. Player B loses
the game since his life total is now 0. (In case you were curious,
Player A's life total is now 45.)
Now, if I were wrong on my previous point, and Player B has control of
those copies:
- Player A takes 0 damage and Player B gains 0 life.
- The 3/3 takes 0 damage and Player B gains 0 life.
- The 5/5 takes 0 damage and Player B gains 0 life.
- Player B takes 10 damage and Player A gains 10 life. Player B dies
due to having 0 life, and Player A has 25 life.
So, playing Radiate didn't help, regardless.
Hope that this helped. Please post again if you have any more
questions or want more clarification.
--
Peter C.
I've discovered that I often visit the state of confusion, and I know
my way around pretty well.
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