Is Lifelink only combat damage?

If a creature has lifelink, any amount of damage it deals allows its controller to gain that much life. And that's any damage: combat and non-combat damage alike. So, if your creature with lifelink “fights” another creature outside of combat or deals damage via an activated ability, you'll still gain the life!

Does lifelink only work when attacking?

Yes, lifelink is any damage dealt by the creature, including attacking, blocking, fight effects, direct damage to a permanent, and any other way that a creature can deal damage to anything.

Does lifelink happen before or after combat damage?

Combat damage would be dealt, and before the lifelink trigger would go on the stack, you would lose the game since you have zero life.

Does Lifelink work if combat damage is prevented?

Only activated abilities activate. Lifelink is a static ability that happens concurrently with damage. Lifelink means "whenever this source deals damage, you gain that much life." If damage is prevented, it isn't dealt, so no life is gained.

Does lifelink work when defending?

If you're attacking or defending with multiple Lifelink creatures at one time, the Pridemate will get counters after combat equal to the number of Lifelink creatures that dealt damage.

What IS Lifelink?

Do shield counters stop lifelink?

What Happens to Lifelink with Shield Counters? Shield counters are a damage prevention effect, so they prevent the lifelinker's controller from gaining life because the lifelink damage was prevented.

Does deflecting palm stop lifelink?

Deflecting Palm doesn't actually redirect damage, as many players commonly say it does. Since it prevents damage then deals damage of its own, lifelink won't matter for the creature whose damage was prevented.

How does lifelink work when blocked?

Lifelink reads whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life. If for some reason it does not deal damage in the block, you gain no life. If it does damage, you gain life.

How does Lifelink work with excess damage?

It actually works exactly the same as usual, because the lifelink ability doesn't care how the damage is dealt. Excess combat damage dealt to a player via trample will also cause you to gain life.

Does Deathtouch stop Lifelink?

lifelink means: you gain life equal to the amount of damage this creature deals. when a 1/1 lifelink deathtouch blocks/is blocked by another creature it will deal 1 damage. this counts as lethal damage, but does not change the fact that only one damage is dealt, therefore you only gain one life.

Can you double up Lifelink?

As a static ability, lifelink doesn't stack, so multiple copies of the same static abilities don't do anything; they're simply redundant.

Does double lifelink stack?

When initially introduced Lifelink was a triggered ability. If a permanent had multiple instances of lifelink, then each of these separate abilities would trigger independently ultimately causing the controller of of these abilities to gain more life than the damage dealt.

Does Lifelink trigger twice for double strike?

Double strike makes your creature deal damage twice, so you gain life from lifelink twice.

Does infect prevent lifelink?

Other abilities such as lifelink or deathtouch will still apply when an infect creature deals damage.

Do red instants have lifelink?

Red instant and sorcery spells you control have lifelink. Whenever a white instant or sorcery spell causes you to gain life, Firesong and Sunspeaker deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Does indestructible prevent Deathtouch?

Indestructible creatures also ignore deathtouch. Normally, a creature is destroyed if it takes damage from a creature with deathtouch. But since indestructible creatures can't be destroyed, they're immune.

Does regenerate stop lifelink?

Regenerate does not stop combat damage.

Damage removed due to regeneration is still dealt with, though. So, if my lifelink creature deals lethal combat damage to a regenerated creature, I will still gain life. But that regenerated creature won't be destroyed.

Does rain of gore stop lifelink?

Rain of Gore will reverse lifelink when the source with lifelink is dealing damage due to a spell or ability, but combat damage isn't a spell or ability and thus Rain of Gore doesn't affect it.

Does Lifelink trigger off Planeswalkers?

You will gain life by attacking a planeswalker with a creature that has lifelink. More generally, any damage source with lifelink will cause you to gain life if it deals damage to anything.

Does first strike beat Deathtouch?

Creatures with deathtouch deal damage during the regular combat damage step. Fortunately, if you block a creature with deathtouch with a creature with first strike or double strike, your creature will deal damage during the first strike damage step, before the deathtouch creature can return fire.

How does Lifelink work with multiple blockers?

If exactly one creature is blocking it, it assigns all its combat damage to that creature. If two or more creatures are blocking it, it assigns its combat damage to those creatures according to the damage assignment order announced for it. This may allow the blocked creature to divide its combat damage.

Does Armadillo cloak stack with Lifelink?

While Armadillo Cloak's last ability is similar to lifelink, it isn't lifelink—it's a normal triggered ability. If a creature you control with lifelink wears an Armadillo Cloak and deals damage, first you'll gain that much life for lifelink, and then Armadillo Cloak's triggered ability is put onto the stack.

Does Noble Purpose stack with Lifelink?

No, it doesn't give lifelink, so it will stack with other Lifelink abilities.

Does Spirit link stack with Lifelink?

They're both triggered abilities, so they'll trigger together. If you swing with a Llanowar Elves that has 4 Spirit Links on it, all 4 will trigger and resolve, netting you 4 life.

Does shroud cancel Deathtouch?

Because deathtouch does not target, shroud won't save a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the shroud creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result. Remember, dealing combat damage isn't an ability.