<p>Here's what happens:</p>

<ol>
<li>Combat damage is assigned and dealt - no stack</li>
<li>Your life total is set to (less than) 0, creatures that were dealt lethal damage are moved to the graveyard. Cutthroat;s ability is placed on the stack X times, once for each creature that died.</li>
<li>Before Cutthroat's triggered ability can resolve however, you have already died because <a href="http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Life" rel="noreferrer">coming to 0 life</a> or less is a <a href="http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/State-based_actions" rel="noreferrer">state-based effect</a>. Whatever's on the stack doesn't resolve anymore.</li>
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steenbergh
<p>Here's the situation: I'm the defending player and being attacked for lethal damage.  I block with all my creatures but still would take enough damage to bring me to 0.  Among my blocking creatures are two <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=402101" rel="nofollow">Zulaport Cutthroat</a>s.  After combat damage is assigned and I go to less than 0, would I still gain the life from my creatures dying via the Cutthroats?</p>

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2016-03-05T01:19:12.323Z
I think [this other question](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/23941/will-i-die-if-i-lose-enough-life-to-kill-me-from-an-effect-that-also-heals-me) covers what you're asking.
murgatroid99
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2016-03-05T09:29:18.407Z
@murgatroid99 All examples in the linked question deal and heal at the same time. This is different because Cutthraot does not use a damage-based trigger, but one that resolves separately.
steenbergh
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2016-03-05T11:00:35.053Z
And to expand on @steenbergh's point, the question itself is asking about effects which both deal damage and prevent it (or offset it) as part of a single resolution. So I don't think this is a duplicate. Some of the answers there do also address this question, but I don't think that matters.
David Z
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2016-03-05T18:24:49.453Z
@steenbergh That is not true. One of the examples is Armadillo Cloak, which is a triggered ability that causes life gain.
murgatroid99
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Do death triggers still happen if I am at 0 or less life after combat damage?
Justin
# Do death triggers still happen if I am at 0 or less life after combat damage?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-05)

Here's the situation: I'm the defending player and being attacked for lethal damage. I block with all my creatures but still would take enough damage to bring me to 0. Among my blocking creatures are two [Zulaport Cutthroat](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=402101)s. After combat damage is assigned and I go to less than 0, would I still gain the life from my creatures dying via the Cutthroats?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think [this other question](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/23941/will-i-die-if-i-lose-enough-life-to-kill-me-from-an-effect-that-also-heals-me) covers what you're asking.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 All examples in the linked question deal and heal at the same time. This is different because Cutthraot does not use a damage-based trigger, but one that resolves separately.  
> **username_3**: And to expand on @username_2's point, the question itself is asking about effects which both deal damage and prevent it (or offset it) as part of a single resolution. So I don't think this is a duplicate. Some of the answers there do also address this question, but I don't think that matters.  
> **username_1**: @username_2 That is not true. One of the examples is Armadillo Cloak, which is a triggered ability that causes life gain.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-03-05. Score: 7

Here's what happens:

1. Combat damage is assigned and dealt - no stack
2. Your life total is set to (less than) 0, creatures that were dealt lethal damage are moved to the graveyard. Cutthroat;s ability is placed on the stack X times, once for each creature that died.
3. Before Cutthroat's triggered ability can resolve however, you have already died because [coming to 0 life](http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Life) or less is a [state-based effect](http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/State-based_actions). Whatever's on the stack doesn't resolve anymore.


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