<p>No, unless the player has a &quot;Cannot lose&quot; effect in play, like <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Platinum%20Angel">Platinum Angel</a>.</p>
<p>When a player goes to 0 life, before priority is regained (and the player able to activate Soul Conduit), state-based actions are checked and the player loses the game.</p>
<p>Even if the ability were on the stack, it doesn't resolve before state-based actions, again. (e.g. 1 life, activate Conduit, use <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Underworld%20Connections">Underworld Connections</a>)</p>

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JonTheMon
<p>No, you cannot do that.</p>
<p>When you go down to zero life, you lose the game immediately, before you have a chance to do anything.</p>
<p>The exception is if you have a card that prevents you from losing the game for having 0 or less life, such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Platinum%20Angel">Platinum Angel</a> or <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phyrexian%20Unlife">Phyrexian Unlife</a>. If you have one of those, then you will be able to act while you have 0 life, and you will have the opportunity to set another player's life total to 0.</p>

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murgatroid99
<p>If you get a player down to 0 life can he still use <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Soul%20Conduit">Soul Conduit</a>'s ability and swap life totals with another player killing that player instead?</p>

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Can a player with 0 life use Soul Conduit to make their opponent lose instead?
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# Can a player with 0 life use Soul Conduit to make their opponent lose instead?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-20)

If you get a player down to 0 life can he still use [Soul Conduit](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Soul%20Conduit)'s ability and swap life totals with another player killing that player instead?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-20. Score: 9

No, unless the player has a "Cannot lose" effect in play, like [Platinum Angel](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Platinum%20Angel).

When a player goes to 0 life, before priority is regained (and the player able to activate Soul Conduit), state-based actions are checked and the player loses the game.

Even if the ability were on the stack, it doesn't resolve before state-based actions, again. (e.g. 1 life, activate Conduit, use [Underworld Connections](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Underworld%20Connections))


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-20. Score: 3

No, you cannot do that.

When you go down to zero life, you lose the game immediately, before you have a chance to do anything.

The exception is if you have a card that prevents you from losing the game for having 0 or less life, such as [Platinum Angel](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Platinum%20Angel) or [Phyrexian Unlife](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phyrexian%20Unlife). If you have one of those, then you will be able to act while you have 0 life, and you will have the opportunity to set another player's life total to 0.


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