The Battlefield

Revival // Revenge

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Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

$7.23

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Revival // Revenge + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Overview

Casting Revenge (the // Revenge half of Revival // Revenge) doubles your life total and then causes target opponent to lose half their life, rounded up. Doubling your life total is not the same as "gaining life," so Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose’s triggered ability ("Whenever you gain life…") does not trigger from the doubling. Lifelink (or other genuine life-gain events) will cause Vito to trigger normally .

Step 1

You cast Revenge (the second half). It resolves as a spell and executes its instructions in the order written: first "Double your life total," then "Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up."

Step 2

The "Double your life total" instruction sets your life total to twice its current value; this is not an event of "gaining life," so it does not create a life-gain event that would trigger "Whenever you gain life" abilities such as Vito’s .

Step 3

After your life total is doubled, the spell next causes the targeted opponent to lose half their life, rounded up; that is a life-loss effect applied to that opponent (adjusted per and consequences of loss of life as appropriate) and does not cause Vito to trigger because Vito triggers on you gaining life, not on opponents losing life .

Step 4

If, separately, you actually gain life because of a different effect (for example, a returned creature has lifelink and deals damage, or some effect tells you to "gain N life"), that genuine life-gain event will trigger Vito’s ability and cause the chosen opponent to lose that much life .

Resolution

When Revenge resolves, doubling your life total does not cause you to "gain life," so Vito does not trigger from the "Double your life total" part. The subsequent instruction that the target opponent loses half their life, rounded up, is life loss for that opponent but does not cause Vito to trigger either. Only bona fide life-gain events (for example, life gained because damage was dealt by a source with lifelink) will trigger Vito’s "Whenever you gain life" ability .

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