Missed life off Boggart Mischief
I had a goblin token that blocked, died during combat, and I did not gain life off of Boggart Mischief, resulting in me losing. I should have been at 1, taking 7 from combat (at 7 life) and gaining the 1.
ShakinBacon#93652
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Rezzahan#77802
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That trigger needs to go on the stack and resolve for you to get that point of life. But state based actions see you at 0 life right after combat damage and make you lose , before the trigger can even make it to the stack. You lose when state based actions are checked, which is very frequently, and you usually do not get a grace period. Anything that uses the stack cannot save you. You do not have until the end of a step or phase, you only have until the next check of state based actions to avoid a loss, which is basically no chance to avoid it at all. Because you basically can only do something when you have priority, and state based actions are checked before any player receives priority.