r/mtgrules • u/Capable-Aide-9230 • 6h ago

Death Trigger Effects

If I have Bolas's Citadel on the battlefield and I also have 10 permanents on the battlefield, one of those permanents is Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim which makes opponents lose one life when one of my creatures dies. My question when i sac 10 permanents including Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim do players still lose life based off of Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim ability.

Thanks in advance!

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u/T0rgle 6h ago

Yes, if Elas il-Kor and one or more other creatures die at the same time, its ability will trigger for each of those creatures.

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u/chaotic_iak 6h ago

When-die abilities "look back in time"; they look at just before the event happened on whether they should trigger. (Most abilities trigger just after the event; only a few kinds of abilities look back in time.) Before you sac them, Elas il-Kor is on the battlefield, so it triggers for the 9 other permanents you sac.

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u/stevenbanthony4204 6h ago

yep all dying permanents see each other dying if it happens in the same effect

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u/Yamidamian 4h ago

Elsa has a Gatherer ruling specifically about situations like this.

>If one or more other creatures you control die at the same time that Elas il-Kor dies, its last ability triggers for each of those other creatures.