They could also choose, for whatever reason, to apply the effects in reverse order, first replacing the death with exile and therefore invalidating the Totem armor.Įither way, since -5/-5 isn't destruction, Totem Armor doesn't apply. the card or using the cards abilities, such as Sacrifice which means to remove a summoned permanent from the game field and put it to the graveyard. The event after replacement does not include a creature dying, so the replacement effect from Magma Spray would not be applicable anymore, and nothing would get exiled. The creature's controller would then choose to first apply the Totem armor effect, not destroying the creature. Both of the aforementioned replacement effects apply to this event - a creature dying. If your opponent had cast Magma Spray on something without indestructible, bringing it to lethal damage, an event would be scheduled as a state based action: Putting that creature into the graveyard (dying) because of lethal damage. Totem armor has no effect if the enchanted permanent is put into a graveyard for any other reason, such as if its sacrificed, if its legendary and another. On the other hand, if a spell or ability deals lethal damage to a creature enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor, the game rules regarding lethal damage cause the Aura to be destroyed, not that spell or ability. Now comes the resurrection, the metamorphosis into a sleeping child ready to be reborn, to whom the lullaby of Taps will be sung at the totem center where Bill’s sacrifice and others will be invested with. Totem armor doesn't destroy the Aura rather, it changes the effects of the spell or ability. The exile part of the Cruelty is also a replacement effect that replaces an instance of the affected creature dying. Dying in his warrior’s armor, the sign of his death-toucher’s status, Bill is at this moment a fully transformed totem sacrifice. When two replacement effects would apply to the same event, the controller of the object that would be affected chooses which to apply in which order. Totem armor is a static ability that generates a replacement effect to replace an instance of the enchanted creature dying. The exile part of the Cruelty is also a replacement effect that replaces an instance of the affected creature dying. Totem armor is a static ability that generates a replacement effect to replace an instance of the enchanted creature dying. To elaborate on the other misconceptions in your post, Totem Armor is not a triggered ability, and neither is the exile effect of Ob Nixilis's Cruelty. Dying from having 0 or less toughness is not destruction.

Totem armor and sacrifire