Guardian Angel

Soraka + Guardian Angel and Death Replacement

- Soraka in base + unit in base: unit is saved - Soraka on battlefield + unit on battlefield: unit is not saved - Soraka on battlefield + unit in base: unit may be saved

136.2.d. Effect Text may refer to "this" or to the name of the Attached game object that appended the Effect Text. Doing so refers to the Attached game object and not the Top-Most Card, even if the Top-Most Card shares a name with the Attached game object. Example: Guardian Angel's effect text reads "If I would die, kill Guardian Angel instead. Heal me, exhaust me, and recall me." Example: Brutalizer's effect text reads "If this was attached to me this turn, I have an additional +2 [M]." The "this" in the effect text refers to the attached Brutalizer.

373.2. When applying Replacement Effects to events that occur simultaneously, each Replacement Effect may only be applied in one sequence, to any number of events that are qualified to be replaced. Example: Soraka, Wanderer reads "If another unit you control here would die, if it has less Might than me, instead heal it, exhaust it, and recall it." Soraka dies simultaneously with two 1 [M] Recruit tokens at the same battlefield and two 1 [M] Recruit tokens in base. Soraka has a Guardian Angel attached to her when she dies, which appends "If I would die, kill Guardian Angel instead. Heal me, exhaust me, and recall me" to Soraka's rules text. There are several possible ways to order the Replacement Effects being applied to the various events: If Soraka's Replacement Effect is applied first, it saves the Recruits at the same battlefield as her but not the Recruits in base. If the Replacement Effect appended by Guardian Angel then saves Soraka, she cannot apply her Replacement Effect to the Recruits in base as her Replacement Effect has already been applied to an event simultaneous with it dying. If the Replacement Effect appended by Guardian Angel is applied first, it saves Soraka and recalls her - then when Soraka's Replacement Effect is applied, it can only save the Recruits in base.