Opponents life total went negative before creature effect made them gain enough life to be positive
I attacked with a creature which had enought trample damage to drop my opponent's life to below zero, however, their blocking creature's effect (life link) made them gain enough life to be positive.
Obviously I lost so I'm mad about it. How does this effect reconcile with...
Rule 119.2: “Damage dealt to a player normally causes that player to lose that much life”
and
Rule 119.6: "If a player has 0 or less life, that player loses the game as a state-based action”.
The game showed their life total as -1 before they gained 2 life. As a state based action, should have lost the instant their life total went negative, but they did not. How does that abide by the above two rules?
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[Deleted User] commented
Lifelink adds to the results of damage, so the life is gained as part of resolving the damage, so BEFORE state based actions are checked.
120.3f Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source’s controller to gain that much life,
in addition to the damage’s other results.