<p>The lifelinking creature does not deal damage, which means your opponent does not gain life, and the rest of the table will need to keep playing.</p>

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monoRed
<p>In a multiplayer game one of my opponents has a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bfelidar%20sovereign%5d">felidar sovereign</a> and is at 39 life and I am at 2 life. He attacks me with a 2/2 lifelink creature, but before damage is dealt I concede. Does the lifelink still gain my opponent enough life to win with felidar sovereign at the beginning of his upkeep, thereby letting my other opponent lose the game or do I only lose and do my opponents still need to continue the game to determine who wins?</p>

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2017-04-21T15:04:58.070Z
Related also: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32736/in-multiplayer-can-a-player-concede-abusively/32737
GendoIkari
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2017-04-21T15:06:13.167Z
Of course, you could have used lighting bolt on him and rob him of 3 life instead of just 2.
GendoIkari
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2017-04-21T15:07:10.687Z
@GendoIkari Or the creature so you don't die and they don't win (yet)
diego
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2017-04-21T15:09:31.013Z
@diego  I should have chosen something that could only deal damage to myself
Ivar de Bruin
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2017-04-21T15:11:46.863Z
@IvardeBruin Lava Spike can only target players if you want to change it
diego
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2017-04-21T15:12:27.347Z
@diego it is a sort of duplicate so no need to change it anymore
Ivar de Bruin
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Does lifelink still trigger if I concede before damage?
Ivar de Bruin
# Does lifelink still trigger if I concede before damage?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-21)

In a multiplayer game one of my opponents has a [felidar sovereign](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bfelidar%20sovereign%5d) and is at 39 life and I am at 2 life. He attacks me with a 2/2 lifelink creature, but before damage is dealt I concede. Does the lifelink still gain my opponent enough life to win with felidar sovereign at the beginning of his upkeep, thereby letting my other opponent lose the game or do I only lose and do my opponents still need to continue the game to determine who wins?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related also: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/32736/in-multiplayer-can-a-player-concede-abusively/32737  
> **username_1**: Of course, you could have used lighting bolt on him and rob him of 3 life instead of just 2.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 Or the creature so you don't die and they don't win (yet)  
> **username_0**: @username_2  I should have chosen something that could only deal damage to myself  
> **username_2**: @IvardeBruin Lava Spike can only target players if you want to change it  
> **username_0**: @username_2 it is a sort of duplicate so no need to change it anymore  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-04-21. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The lifelinking creature does not deal damage, which means your opponent does not gain life, and the rest of the table will need to keep playing.


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