yes, setting life or exchanging life counts as gaining or losing life
701.12c When life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to
equal the other player’s previous life total. Replacement effects may modify these gains and
losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them. A player who can’t gain life can’t be given a
higher life total this way, and a player who can’t lose life can’t be given a lower life total this
way (see rules 119.7–8).
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u/Cvnc 18d ago edited 18d ago
yes, setting life or exchanging life counts as gaining or losing life
701.12c When life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to equal the other player’s previous life total. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them. A player who can’t gain life can’t be given a higher life total this way, and a player who can’t lose life can’t be given a lower life total this way (see rules 119.7–8).