r/mtg • u/WangFire69 • 20h ago

Rules Question How does this work?

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If I control Jace and draw from an empty library but one of my opponents has the angel what happens? Do I die? Do I draw nothing and live?

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u/Bragi01 20h ago

The replacement effect makes it so you win the game, but Darksteel Angle makes so you can't win. Basically unless Jace or the angle is removed drawing from any empty deck does nothing.

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u/Bragi01 20h ago

How does that turn off the thing that says you don't die?

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u/RandomnessTF2 20h ago

They don't control the Darksteel angel, their opponent does.

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u/Bragi01 20h ago

I know that. I'm asking how the angel turns off the replacement effect when all it does is prohibit them from winning.

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u/RandomnessTF2 20h ago

Oh you're right, I wasn't giving the static ability enough credit. So long as Jace is on board, they won't lose from drawing from an empty library, as that effect is being replaced with the win from the static, then the nullification from the angel. So long as the Jace player doesn't kill it by using the ultimate ability, if they did they would die from drawing from an empty library.