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4 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 2:36PM
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Hi,
My friend has a Falkenrath Exterminator on the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter and uses its ability to deal damage equal to the number of counters on the creature
I responded with my Thrull Parasite with its ability of paying 2 life to remove a counter
We want to know if the damage get nulled because it now has 0 counters or does the ability remember what it initially started with (1) and still deal 1 damage?
Thanks
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4 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 2:38PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 28, 2010
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that works
it will deal 0 damage, which means no damage, so it will not trigger its other ability
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4 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 2:38PM
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Jan 19, 2003
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The number of counters on Falkenrath Exterminator  is checked when falkenrath exterminator's ability resolves. As a result, no damage will be dealt.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 2:41PM
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Thanks
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4 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 2:41PM
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Falkenrath Exterminator Thrull Parasite  The Exterminator determines how much damage to deal when its ability resolves, so only the number of +1/+1 counters that it has at that time matter. Removing counters with the Parasite can therefore lower the amount of damage it will deal. If the Exterminator doesn't have any +1/+1 counters when the ability resolves, it simply will deal no damage. The ability isn't countered, though, its resolution will simply result in it not doing anything.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 07, 2013 - 2:42PM
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that works
it will deal 0 damage, which means no damage, so it will not trigger its other ability
It wouldn't anyway. It's not combat damage and not dealt to a player.
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