Infect doesn’t benefit from regular damage unless the opponents die, so it’s really up to the player to assemble the poison counters and a proliferate engine or big all out swing. It’s risky to do so, but is vulnerable to disruption and the efforts of a whole table.
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Is infect good in EDH?
Infect doesn’t benefit from regular damage unless the opponents die, so it’s really up to the player to assemble the poison counters and a proliferate engine or big all out swing. It’s risky to do so, but is vulnerable to disruption and the efforts of a whole table.
How does infect work in EDH?
In Modern or Legacy, an Infect player needs to reach 10 poison counters to win the game. In Commander, an Infect player needs to reach thirty poison counters to win the game. I’d argue that Infect is already significantly weaker than it should be, not stronger.
Is infect Commander damage?
Commander damage isn’t a counter like poison, infect, or experience counters. It’s just a tracked number (sort of like Storm Count) and can’t be modified outside of combat damage.
Do infect creatures deal Commander damage?
Infect deals damage to players in the form of poison counters, but it’s still dealing damage. The rules for commander do not state which form that 21 damage needs to be in.
Are infect and poison counters the same?
Is Poison the Same as Infect? The counters given to players with poison and infest are the same, but the abilities that give them are different.
Does infect negate Lifelink?
Creatures with Infect still deal damage, so all abilities that trigger* (such as Lifelink) still function.
Does Gisela double infect?
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight rulings: 2018-03-16: Gisela doubles damage dealt to opponents and permanents your opponents control from any source, including sources controlled by those opponents.
Can you Lifelink off infect?
Yes, the creature’s controller will gain life. Infect and Lifelink are both abilities that modify how damage is dealt. They’re not exclusive in any way; they just mean that the damage dealt has some effects different to what damage normally does. They can happily coexist.
Does infect need combat damage?
Infect applies to any damage, not just combat damage—so if you can somehow give your Prodigal Pyromancer infect, its ability will deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.
Does infect count as commander damage?
Note that a commander’s poison damage also counts as commander damage (this is seldom relevant unless you have a commander gaining and losing Infect). Or if your opponent can’t gain poison counters. The damage is still dealt, but no poison counters are gained.
Does infect reduce life?
702.90b Damage dealt to a player by a source with infect doesn’t cause that player to lose life. Rather, it causes that source’s controller to give the player that many poison counters.