Master of Cruelties and interactions

Asked by xcontla 6 months ago

I have some questions with this card in some specific times.

I understand that the ability triggers in the declare blockers step.

  1. If Master of Cruelties gains skulk, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
  2. If I equipped some artifact that made Master of Cruelties unblockable, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
  3. If the opponent doesn't have creatures in the battlefield, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").

Thank you.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Yes, it still triggers. The declare blockers step of combat only gets skipped if there were no creatures declared as attackers or put onto the battlefield attacking. Otherwise, it always happens, even if it is impossible for any blockers to be declared. If Master of Cruelties is attacking then there will definitely be a declare blockers step and its last ability will trigger if it doesn't get blocked.

May 14, 2024 2:54 p.m.

xcontla says... #2

OMG, thanks Rhadamanthus

May 14, 2024 8:08 p.m.

Rhadamanthus says... #3

xcontla: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.

I try to avoid marking my own responses when I do this but in this case it was the only option.

May 17, 2024 8:58 a.m.

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