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Player A is at 6life, Player B at 20 life. Player A resolves a Scapeshift and sacrifices 9 lands for 3 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacles and 6 Mountains. This will trigger 18 times 3 damage (I think). In answer to that, Player B resolve Divine Deflection where X=6 targeting Player A. Is this game a draw, player A or player B wins?

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    The answer to the question in the title is actually no. A player loses the next time state based actions are checked after they reach 0 or less life. This rarely matters but it means you could, for example, cause a draw by targeting your opponent and then yourself with Arc Trail, even though it deals damage to them before you :) //useless-nitpick
    – Affe
    Commented May 28, 2013 at 23:35

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Player A loses.

  1. Eighteen instances of Valakut's triggered ability will go on the stack.
  2. Divine Deflection is cast and eventually resolves.
  3. Trigger #18 resolves. It deals no damage and Divine Deflection deals three damage to Player A.
  4. Trigger #17 resolves. It deals no damage and Divine Deflection deals three damage to Player A.
  5. Player A loses the game for having non-positive life.
  6. Player B wins the game for being the only player left.

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