<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Paradise%20Plume">Paradise Plume</a> allows the caster to choose a color, spend a mana of chosen color, and whenever a spell of that color is played the controller may gain 1 life.<br />
<a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Defiant%20Bloodlord">Defiant Bloodlord</a> is a creature that states whenever the controller gains life, target opponent loses that much life.</p>
<p>My question: If I use Paradise Plume to cast Defiant Bloodlord (results in gaining 1 life), does the 1 life gained from using Paradise Plume to play Defiant Bloodlord trigger Defiant Bloodlord to make an opponent lose 1 life? Or is the life gained prior to Defiant Bloodlord entering the battlefield, resulting in no trigger?</p>

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How do Paradise Plume and Defiant Bloodlord interact if the first spell mentioned is used to cast the second
Jacqueline Schrickel
# How do Paradise Plume and Defiant Bloodlord interact if the first spell mentioned is used to cast the second

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-14)

[Paradise Plume](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Paradise%20Plume) allows the caster to choose a color, spend a mana of chosen color, and whenever a spell of that color is played the controller may gain 1 life.  
[Defiant Bloodlord](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Defiant%20Bloodlord) is a creature that states whenever the controller gains life, target opponent loses that much life.

My question: If I use Paradise Plume to cast Defiant Bloodlord (results in gaining 1 life), does the 1 life gained from using Paradise Plume to play Defiant Bloodlord trigger Defiant Bloodlord to make an opponent lose 1 life? Or is the life gained prior to Defiant Bloodlord entering the battlefield, resulting in no trigger?

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