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Dazzling Reflection

Dazzling Reflection

Instant

common

You gain life equal to target creature's power. The next time that creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

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Semantic Tags

Life Gainmechanical

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Life Gainvector

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Prevents or punishes life gain — Erebos, Leyline of Punishment.

Triggers or payoffs when you gain life — not just life gain itself, but caring about it.

Lifelinkvector

A keyword ability that causes a player to gain life. See rule 702.15, “Lifelink.”

Power Mattersmechanical

Cares about power of creatures — Fling effects, power-based draw, Xenagos strategies.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
pauperlegal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (1)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Oath of the Gatewatch#17common···

Related Rules

120.3f

Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source’s controller to gain that much life, in addition to the damage’s other results.

120.4d

Finally, the damage event occurs.

122.1b

A keyword counter on a permanent or on a card in a zone other than the battlefield causes that object to gain that keyword. The keywords that a keyword counter can be are flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, decayed, exalted, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, shadow, trample, and vigilance, as well as any variants of those keywords. See rule 613.1f.

702.15

Lifelink

702.15a

Lifelink is a static ability.

702.15b

Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source’s controller, or its owner if it has no controller, to gain that much life (in addition to any other results that damage causes). See rule 120.3.

702.15c

If an object changes zones before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had lifelink.

702.15d

The lifelink rules function no matter what zone an object with lifelink deals damage from.

Rulings

2016-01-22

If two Dazzling Reflections targeting the same creature have resolved in the same turn, only one prevention effect will apply the next time it would deal damage. The other effect will apply if the creature would deal damage a second time later that turn.

2016-01-22

You gain the life as soon as Dazzling Reflection resolves, not as the damage is prevented.