{"id":2759,"date":"2012-11-28T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T00:03:03","slug":"you-draw-eight-cards-if-you-attack-with-two-unblocked-drogskol-reavers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2012\/11\/you-draw-eight-cards-if-you-attack-with-two-unblocked-drogskol-reavers\/","title":{"rendered":"You draw eight cards if you attack with two unblocked Drogskol Reavers."},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/p>Drogskol Reaver<\/a> is a powerful card, but it gets pretty ridiculous when you attack with two of them! If your opponent can’t block, how many cards are you going to draw?<\/p>\n

Well, first we have to look at the Drogskol Reaver’s triggered ability. It says “Whenever you gain life, draw a card.” Ok, that makes sense. An experienced player will know that combat damage occurs as a single damage event. So, in each combat damage step, the two Reavers deal a total of 6 damage (3 each), and you gain a total of 6 life. This might lead you to assume that this is a single life gain event, and each Reaver triggers only once and you just draw 2 cards, right? Wrong. You get a total of 4 triggers to draw a card in each combat damage step (two triggers from each Reaver).<\/p>\n

“What? Are you sure about that?!”<\/p>\n

Since this is a somewhat unintuitive outcome, I’m going to pull out the Comprehensive Rules to clarify:<\/p>\n

118.9. Some triggered abilities are written, \u201cWhenever [a player] gains life, …\u201d Such abilities are treated as though they are written, \u201cWhenever a source causes [a player] to gain life, …\u201d<\/strong> If a player gains 0 life, no life gain event has occurred, and these abilities won\u2019t trigger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s break it down:<\/p>\n

First combat damage step:<\/span><\/p>\n