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 Post subject: Disaster!
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:40 pm 
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Somewhat lengthy question here. Bear with me :)

My board:
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled (untapped)
Cemetery Reaper (tapped)
Big Game Hunter (tapped)
Thousand-Year Elixir (untapped)
Endless Ranks of the Dead
Thornbite Staff
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18 2/2 black zombie tokens, 12 untapped, 6 tapped
8 swamps, all tapped
I have the staff equipped to one of the zombie tokens

My opponent casts Disaster Radius revealing Molten Primordial to do 7 dmg to each creature I control.

Do I have the option of using the zombie with the staff to ping away at his creatures as I lose zombies one by one, or is that damage from Disaster Radius applied simultaneously to all of my creatures. Same issue: can I kill zombies one by one to make Ob grow fat enough to survive, or does he die along with everything else?

Thanks! Gatherer is useless on this one.


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 Post subject: Re: Rules Q&A
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 1:51 pm 
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The damage is dealt simultaneously. The untap ability from the staff and Ob's ability will trigger a bunch of times, but their sources will be dead before they resolve, so there will be nothing to untap or put counters on.

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 Post subject: Re: Rules Q&A
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All the damage is dealt at the same time, so once Disaster Radius has finished resolving all your creatures are going to die at once--there's no way to have each of them die one by one and have triggers resolve in between each death.

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 Post subject: Re: Rules Q&A
PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 3:35 pm 
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Thanks! I figured as much, but wanted to double check.


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