Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

one black mana Legendary Creature — Vampire WarlockPower and toughness1/1

Menace, lifelink

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay two generic mana . If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."

Lisette, Dean of the Root

two generic mana one green mana Legendary Creature — Human DruidPower and toughness4/4

Whenever you gain life, you may pay one generic mana . If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.

"Life is as fleeting as it is vibrant. Embrace the brief blessing of a flower before it withers."

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Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root rulings

2021-04-16
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, and both Valentin and another effect are trying to exile it instead, that opponent chooses which effect to apply. If Valentin’s effect ends up not applying because of this choice, the triggered ability that allows you to pay won’t trigger, even if the creature card ends up in exile.
2021-04-16
If you gain life at the same time a creature you control is dealt lethal damage, that creature dies before Lisette’s ability can put a +1/+1 counter on it.
2021-04-16
An ability that triggers “whenever you gain life” triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life you gain.
2021-04-16
You may only pay once for each life gain event.
2021-04-16
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, a “whenever you gain life” ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
2021-04-16
If you gain an amount of life “for each” of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability will trigger only once.

Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root keyword rules

Lifelink Rule 702.15

Lifelink is a static ability.

Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source’s controller, or its owner if it has no controller, to gain that much life (in addition to any other results that damage causes). See rule .

If an object changes zones before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had lifelink.

The lifelink rules function no matter what zone an object with lifelink deals damage from.

If multiple sources with lifelink deal damage at the same time, they cause separate life gain events (see rules –10).

Multiple instances of lifelink on the same object are redundant.