Karthus, Eternal

3 Order Champion Unit

Might 3

Your [Deathknell] effects trigger an additional time.

"We all have a place among the divine. We have only to accept it."

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Does Karthus, Eternal's ability apply if he dies from the same effect as the unit with Deathknell?

Karthus applies to your other unit's [Deathknell] if the deaths are simultaneous or that unit is killed before Karthus. He doesn't apply if a separate kill action kills him first.

When one kill action kills Karthus and another unit simultaneously,370.1.a.2 as with The Ruination, the other unit's [Deathknell] is added before the kill instruction moves Karthus off the board.429.1.a.1.b His passive ability is therefore still active and makes your [Deathknell] effect trigger an additional time.365.1 If one effect instead performs separate kill actions, those deaths are sequential.370.1.a.2 Karthus applies only if the [Deathknell] unit is killed first, because his passive ability is active only while he remains on the board.365.1 When both units instead have lethal damage during a cleanup, the cleanup kills all lethally damaged units together.323.4 The other unit's [Deathknell] is added before its source moves to the trash, while Karthus's passive ability is still active.808.1.d.2365.1

Does a single Not So Fast counter both Deathknell triggers when Karthus, Eternal is on the board?

No. If both [Deathknell] triggers are legal targets for Not So Fast, one copy can counter only one of them.

When a friendly unit with [Deathknell] dies while Karthus is on the board, his ability causes that [Deathknell] to trigger an additional time. Each trigger is added to the chain as its own independent pending item.808.1.d.2 Not So Fast targets a single spell or ability, so each copy can counter only one trigger.

This applies only when the [Deathknell] ability chooses one of your friendly units or gear. Otherwise, Not So Fast cannot target either trigger.

From Riftbound FAQ by Christian “Near” Ivicevic, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviewed against Core Rules 1.5. Unofficial; not from Riot Games.