Cloud, Midgar Mercenary not triggering Toxic an additional time
Set up: Cloud, Midgar Mercenary equipped with Prosthetic Injector, giving him Toxic 1. I also had Skrelv, Defector Mite on the battlefield. I used Skrelv's ability to make Cloud unblockable by red, and give it Toxic 1 (Two instances of Toxic 1). Cloud attacked and hit the opponent. The opponent received two Poison Counters.
The way I understand Toxic is written, that it should be a triggered ability on dealing combat damage, and with Cloud's text since it's a triggered ability I would expect that each instance of Toxic should have triggered (and been cumulative) therefore giving the opponent 4 Poison Counters.
Please advise.
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Rezzahan#77802
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702.164a Toxic is a STATIC ability. It is written “toxic N,” where N is a number.
702.164c Combat damage dealt to a player by a creature with toxic causes that creature’s controller
to give the player a number of poison counters equal to that creature’s total toxic value, in
addition to the damage’s other results. See rule 120.3.Toxic is not a trigger, so Cloud's ability is irrelevant to it. It changes the results of damage from just losing life to also including poison counters.
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