I have an Ajani's Pridemate, a Blood Operative, and a Lich's Mastery. My opponent attacks with two Adanto Vanguard and I block one with my Blood Operative.

What happens in the combat damage step in regards to Lich's Mastery and Ajani's Pridemate's abilities?

Thanks!

Edit: Mod edited to include card tags.

Edited Jeff S Higgins (Nov. 4, 2018 06:08:33 PM)

Hi,

Thanks for your question. When combat damage is dealt, you take 3 damage from the unblocked Vanguard and the Operative and blocked Vanguard deal damage to each other. Since the Operative has lifelink, that means you also gain 3 life at the same time. The Pridemate's ability will trigger (since you gained life), and both the “Whenever you gain life” and “Whenever you lose life” abilities of the Mastery will trigger. It does not matter that your life total stayed the same (since you gained life and lost life at the same time) - you still gained life, and you still lost life, so those abilities still trigger.

Thanks,
Nathan Long
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