Bug report with life link
If you deal death damage to your opponent but they have life link it will allow the game to keep going. My opponent was at 12 life and had one 2/2 creature with life link to block. I hit with a 14/14 creature with trample so i whould have dealt 12 direct damage to end the match and even seen the life point counter say 0 but then his life link kicked in and he survived with 2 life point. The rules say once the life points hit zero the game ends and this isnt the 1st this has happened.
Zipp S.#35906
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Rezzahan#77802
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No, the rules say, that when STATE BASES ACTIONS CHECKS see a player at 0 or less life when they are checked, that player loses the game. State based actions are checked always right before any player would gain priority, so right after any object on the stack has resolved, or a turn based action has been completed, or a player passed priority. No matter how damage is dealt, though, lifelink applies IMMIDEATELY, because it changes the results of damage. So the life gain from lifelink ALWAYS happens BEFORE state based actions are checked, potentially raising that player's life total to a nonlethal above 0 amount.