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MTG: Regeneration, damage and -1/-1s?
Let's say I have a Cudgel Troll (4/3 with regeneration) on the battlefield. I attack with him and he is blocked and receives 2 points of damage. Combat ends. In the 2nd main phase my opponent casts a spell or uses an ability that targets my troll with a -1/-1 effect. Can I use my troll's regeneration ability? He didn't actually take any damage that would destroy him.
4 Answers
- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, that works. Damage remains on a creature until the end of the turn. After combat, your Troll is a 4/3 with 2 damage on it. After the -1/-1 effect resolves, it's a 3/2 with 2 damage on it. That would cause the Troll to be destroyed, but if you regenerate it, it will instead be tapped and have the 2 damage removed from it.
It doesn't matter that the damage wasn't enough to destroy it when the damage was dealt. That damage stays marked on the Troll for the rest of the turn.
Source(s): Level 1 judge. - Adachi TohruLv 79 years ago
Didn't read the question all the way the first time. You could use the regenerate to take away the two damage already on it so it would end up as a 3/2 with no damage until the EOT. But if you don't regen the troll then it would die because it would be a 3/2 until the EOT with two damage on it.
- WhateversLv 79 years ago
But the Troll DID take damage.
That's why your opponent is trying to kill it, by reducing its toughness to less than the damage it has taken. Not to reducing the troll's toughness to less than 0 with say -3/-3.
So yes, you can regenerate, in this case. Assuming the spell doesn't have split second or anything.
