Talk:Sword of the King, Excalibur/@comment-26916515-20150826173442/@comment-26069426-20150826183756

Nullification and Reduction are two different things.

Reduction will "reduce" damage by X or to X, while Nullification will "nullify" the entire attack.

Functionally, a reduced attack is still an attack that has hit its target. Reducing damage to 0 will still allow the attacking player to activate spells/abilities that activate when an attack hits. Meanwhile, if the attack is nullified, it doesn't hit at all.

That being said, next time you're in an argument on this matter, just let the player know the difference between "nullify" and "reduce." Unfortunately, some players tend to be stubborn and will only believe rulings that they want to believe, and not necessarily the actual rules. These players you just have to try to teach, and if they won't listen, move on.

This game is meant to be fun. There's no point wasting your time with a player who is more interested in winning than playing the game.