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wotc · 2017-08-25
---------- The following rulings focus on the "protection from" keyword ----------
wotc · 2017-08-25
---------- The following rulings focus on what it means if your life total can't change ----------
wotc · 2017-08-25
---------- The following rulings focus on the phasing keyword ----------
wotc · 2017-08-25
A permanent phasing out causes a spell or ability on the stack to have an illegal target if it targets that permanent. As a spell or ability tries to resolve, if all its targets are illegal, that spell or ability doesn't resolve and none of its effects happen, including effects unrelated to the target. If at least one target is still legal, the spell or ability does as much as it can to the remaining legal targets, and its other effects still happen.
wotc · 2017-08-25
If a player has protection from everything, it means three things: 1) All damage that would be dealt to that player is prevented. 2) Auras can't be attached to that player. 3) That player can't be the target of spells or abilities.
wotc · 2017-08-25
You can't pay a cost that includes the payment of any amount of life other than 0 life.
wotc · 2017-08-25
If a cost includes causing you to gain life (like the alternative cost of an opponent's Invigorate does), that cost can't be paid.
wotc · 2017-08-25
Any continuous effects with a "for as long as" duration such as that of Mathas, Fiend Seeker ignore phased-out objects. Any such effects will expire if their conditions are no longer met after ignoring the phased-out objects.
wotc · 2017-08-25
Each Aura and Equipment that phases out attached to a permanent that's phasing out phases in with that permanent and still attached to it.
wotc · 2017-08-25
Nothing other than the specified events are prevented or illegal. An effect that doesn't target you could still cause you to discard cards, for example. Creatures can still attack you while you have protection from everything, although combat damage that they would deal to you will be prevented.
wotc · 2017-08-25
Effects that replace an event with having you gain life (like Words of Worship's effect does) or having you lose life will apply and end up replacing the event with nothing.
wotc · 2017-08-25
If an effect would set your life total to a certain number that's different than your current life total, that part of the effect won't do anything.