Unholy Annex / Doctor Doom
Today while playing a standard game, I had Doctor Doom and the Unholy Annex/Core combo in play and after losing one life for the draw ability in Doom’s text, the system immediately took over at the end of turn and I drew the cards for Unholy Annex but did not gain life like I was supposed to.
Also, Firdoch’s Core is a Changeling and should act as the artifact creature for Doctor Doom’s ability to become indestructible. The same way Core works with unholy annex to spot a demon on the battlefield.
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leevalak#32322
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Tim the Enchanter#77172
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I’ll start off by saying I’m not a judge or anyone affiliated with WoTC, that said…
“Artifact” and “Creature” are card types. The changeling ability gives Firdoch Core all “creature types” but not the “creature” card type. You literally play it with annex because it’s a demon (a creature type) but NOT a creature, unless you pay to animate the Firdoch Core until end of turn. That makes it way harder for many decks to deal with. Now if someone tried to destroy doom and you animated the core in response and he still died, and it was a destroy spell and not a dark deed or something he could never survive anyway, then that would be a bug, but as you described it that second problem is not a bug. As for the first issue, there are at least three cards in standard that say players can’t gain life. Without knowing the full board state that’s at least a possibility.