Market Gnome death didn't trigger life gain
Incoming attack would drop my life to exactly zero after the blocks, but my market gnome's death should've put me to 1. Attacking creatures didn't have first strike and no card was preventing life gain, so I think I should've got the life before hitting zero. I've gone below zero before without losing, thanks to lifelink resolving before assessing win/loss.
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NeoVulcan#73191 commented
An odd technicality I'll have to remember at MagicCon. Thanks!
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Rezzahan#77802 commented
No life gain trigger can save you, you'll have lost before it can even make it to the stack. Because state based actions (and losing for having 0 or less life is one of those) are checked before triggers are put on the stack let alone get to resolve.
Lifelink is a different beast, because the ability is NOT a trigger, it instead changes the results of damage. And thus can get you above 0 before state based actions are checked, since you are gainig the life at the same time you are losing life.