Does Phantasmal Killer work with poison?

[Nickk]

Like does it affects poison damage? If yes then hehe boys, and does it affect poison stacking? Like if your card does 5 poison it will double it? If no for both then boohoo.

[Zu]

Attack =/= Skill
Damage =/= Poison

[Burdpal]

No but honestly that's not a bad idea.

[fractal9091]

Nope, Phantasmal Killer only works with attack damage, not other sources of damage like Poison, Corpse Explosions, A Thousand Cuts, Letter Opener, etc.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by Burd!:

No but honestly that's not a bad idea.

Catalyst already handles this niche far better for far less of a cost.

[Blood Flowers]

Unfortunately, Phantasmal Killer (PK) does NOT work with poison (as of patch 2.2 at least). For instance, using PK on turn 1 and a Poisoned Stab on turn 2 will deal 12 damage (base 6) and 3 poison (base 3). Poison damage is also unaffected by any modifiers (except Invincible which is less a modifier and more of a damage cap) so the number of poison on the target is the amount of damage dealt. However, with the changes reducing the energy of PK and PK+ to 1 and 0 respectively, the card has become remarkably better. I'd say it fits almost any deck as an early game damage steroid.

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by Zu:

Attack =/= Skill
Damage =/= Poison

This. Like this is just a situation of actually reading the card.
"Next turn, your Attacks deal double damage."
Is Deadly Poison an Attack? No. Is poison sitting on an enemy an Attack? No.