exiled card for no reason
I had phrexian vindicator and used epic confrontation to make it fight ao, the dawn sky. ao died, and i redirected the damage to another creature of his (the restoration of eiganjo. both of his creatures should have just died and that should have been it, he brought a creature out because thats what he chose with ao, but then the oddest thing happened. my phrexian vindicator not only died but was exiled...how? it shouldn't have even died because any damage it takes is supposed to be redirected to a target of your choice and that damage on it is to be negated...
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[Deleted User] commented
Not a bug. Phyrexian Vindicator only prevents, and subsequntly triggers on preventing, COMBAT damage. Fight is not combat. Only damage dealt by attacking and blocking creatures as part of the combat damage turn based action is combat damage. Any other damage is not, no matter when or how it occurs.
The exiling may be due to a Misery's Shadow on your opponent's side? Just guessing.
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Perissh#01474 commented
This isn't the first time I've encountered this bug, I think last time it was with another creature, but that creature was not supposed to die either, and instead it was sent into exile also when there were no active conditions that would have exiled anything. Really unfortunate because i <3 MTGA but this bug is a huge bummer and makes me not want to play as much.