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    Default Kjeldoran Gargoyle first strike rules gains life deal damage

    if I am at 2 life and am attacked with a 5/5 with trample, and I block with a Kjeldoran Gargoyle, do I survive?

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    Default Re: Kjeldoran Gargoyle first strike rules gains life deal damage

    Yes. Since your Kjeldoran Gargoyle deals its combat damage first, its triggered ability will go on the stack and resolve before the 5/5 with trample assigns its damage. So, you would go up to 5 life, and then down to 3 (since the trampler must assign 3 damage to the Gargoyle, only 2 of it goes through to you).

    Incidentally, the Gargoyle's lifegain isn't quite the same as lifelink. Lifelink is a static ability now, meaning it happens immediately after combat damage is assigned. If you were blocking with a creature that had lifelink, it wouldn't even need first strike for you to survive -- you would simultaneously lose and gain life, keeping you above 0.

 

 




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