corrupt question

[chief]

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If i do 8 damage to a 2/2 creature with a corrupt, do I gain 8 life or just 2?

 

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In news:153f2c2f.0411171326.1d756257@posting.google.com,
Chief <snu0037@aol.com> rambled:
>
> If i do 8 damage to a 2/2 creature with a corrupt, do I gain 8 life
> or just 2?

Corrupt
5B
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.


You'd gain 8 (assuming you had 8 Swamps in play when Corrupt resolves). Just
because a creature only has 2 toughness does not mean that it can't be dealt
more than 2 damage. And Corrupt doesn't say:
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, but
not more than the toughness of that creature.

So, you gain however many damage it deals, regardless of the target and its
toughness.

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Chief <snu0037@aol.com> wrote:

> If i do 8 damage to a 2/2 creature with a corrupt, do I gain 8 life or just 2?

Corrupt
5B
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.

If Corrupt deals 8 damage that way, you gain 8 life.
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On 17 Nov 2004 13:26:34 -0800, Chief <snu0037@aol.com> wrote:
>If i do 8 damage to a 2/2 creature with a corrupt, do I gain 8 life or just 2?

Corrupt 5B Sorcery
~ 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.

If Corrupt deals 8 damage, as it does in this case, you gain 8 life. Corrupt
does not say anything about "but not more than the toughness of that creature
or the life total of that player before Corrupt dealt damage", and the rules
don't say anything about being unable to deal more damage to a creature than
its toughness - it's perfectly okay to "over-squash" a creature or player.

So yes, if your Corrupt is dealing 8 damage, nothing makes it Magically deal
2 damage instead, and you gain 8 life.

Dave
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