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Do cards that damage an opponent work on both opponents in a two-headed giant game? Take Hypnotic Specter for example:

Hypnotic Specter

When it attacks without being blocked in a two-headed giant game, do both opponents discard a card?

edited Oct 20 at 22:53

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asked Oct 16 at 15:00

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ripper234 · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-22 06:38:22Z UTC

When damage is dealt, the attacking player/s choose a specific opponent that each of the unblocked creatures damage. In this case, Hypnotic Specter will only damage one opponent, and only that player will discard a card, not both.

806.7f - As the combat damage step begins, the active team announces how each attacking creature will assign its combat damage. If an attacking creature would assign combat damage to the defending team, the active team chooses only one of the defending players for that creature to assign its combat damage to. Then the defending team announces how each blocking creature will assign its combat damage. See Rule 510.1.

rif-raf · Answer 2 · 2009-11-02 23:34:38Z UTC

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life total is shared yes but the damage is dealt only to one player. basically what this means in a who headed giant game is that one player takes two damage and they go from 30 (15 life each) to 28 (13-15) which immidiatly resets to an equal amount for each player (14-14), at least this is how I understand this.

answered Nov 2 at 23:34

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The end result is correct, but the means are a little different. This is covered in rule 806.9. Effects that cause a player to lose life (damage causes life loss) or gain life causes the shared life total to be adjusted by that amount. An effect that sets a player's life total to a specific number will adjust the shared life total by the appropriate amount to make the player's life total the set amount. – CodeSavvyGeek Jan 21 at 21:49

The Moxious One · Answer 3 · 2009-10-24 09:50:30Z UTC

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Why answer your own question, mate?

And you are correct in theory, but it actually should make them both discard, because it is a shared life pool. They both take damage simultaneously, and thus both discard randomly.

answered Oct 24 at 9:50

The Moxious One
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I'm bootstrapping the site - people won't come to any empty site. In fact, this is legitimate even on established stackoverflow sites as a way to get reputation (as long as the question and answer are well formed). Note this is the 3rd question in the site. I've asked a judge about this and this is the answer I got. Do you have a source that supports your answer? – ripper234 Oct 24 at 10:33

This answer is incorrect. This scenario is explicitly covered by the comprehensive rulebook (806.7f). – CodeSavvyGeek Jan 21 at 21:42

How does Hypnotic Specter work in two-headed giant games?

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