If you were in the same scenario but Pit Scorpion was attacking rather than the elf, youd die to combat damage before the trigger to add a poison counter went on the stack
In general, you can add any legal card in a given Magic: The Gathering format
This is the quickest and most accurate way to identify what set the card was printed in and its rarity
Professional Face-BreakerProfessional Face-Breaker is a card that players are all too familiar with
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Ghitu Lavarunner Rarity: Common TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Human Wizard CMC: 1 Mana cost: USD: $0.14 EUR: 0.12 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: 20809 (1/2) As long as there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+0 and has haste
The combination of mana production, pressure, lifegain, and graveyard hate makes this elf shaman wildly versatile