Pain Reaction

Pain Reaction

Pain Reaction • Dis • Action • Uncommon • Play: Deal 2 to an enemy creature. If this damage destroys that creature, deal 2 to each of that creature’s neighbors after it leaves play. • Artist: David Auden Nash • Card Number: AoA:078, MM:026, MoMu:033

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Dis

Action

Uncommon

1

• Play: Deal 2 to an enemy creature. If this damage destroys that creature, deal 2 to each of that creature’s neighbors after it leaves play.
  Current Text
• Pain Reaction was updated in Rulebook 1.6. Original card text:

  Play: Deal 2 to an enemy creature. If this damage destroys that creature, deal 2 to each of that creature’s neighbors.

  Original Text

AoA 078

MM 026

MoMu 033

Artist: David Auden Nash

Official Rulings

• If I play Pain Reaction (AoA 078) on an opponent's creature to destroy it, when is the damage dealt to its neighbors? If the creature has already left play, how do I know what its neighbors are?
  Pain Reaction is an exception to the rule that all damage from an ability is dealt simultaneously, because it explicitly establishes that the damage is dealt after the destroyed creature leaves play. This damage is dealt to whatever creatures were the neighbors of the destroyed creature immediately before it left play.

  Source: Rulebook

If I play Pain Reaction (AoA 078) on an opponent's creature to destroy it, when is the damage dealt to its neighbors? If the creature has already left play, how do I know what its neighbors are?

Pain Reaction is an exception to the rule that all damage from an ability is dealt simultaneously, because it explicitly establishes that the damage is dealt after the destroyed creature leaves play. This damage is dealt to whatever creatures were the neighbors of the destroyed creature immediately before it left play.

Source: Rulebook