Soul-Scar Mage is arcbonded. The mage is then killed with damage triggering the arc bond effect.
Do the creatures on the board get -1/-1 counters?
I'm thinking no, because the Soul-Scar Mage is in the gravyard when the Arc bonds trigger resolves. But I can't remember how much of the creatures last known information is used.
thanks.
I'm pretty sure Stigma Lasher would work though, right?
You are correct in your assumption. The creature isn't on the battlefield so its effect doesn't exist to modify the damage. As for the point of stigma lasher. Wither works as would infect but its ability that prevents life gain doesn't.
In general, continuous effects of a permanent's static abilities (such as that of Soul-Scar Mage's second ability) work only while that permanent is on the battlefield (C.R. 113.6, 613.3b), so that in general, static abilities of that permanent that change how that permanent deals damage don't work if it isn't on the battlefield at the time of the damage.
Likewise, triggered abilities of a permanent (such as Stigma Lasher's second ability) function only on the battlefield unless they can't work there or mention another zone where they work (C.R. 113.6, 613.3b), so that for example, Stigma Lasher's second ability won't trigger while Stigma Lasher is not on the battlefield.
One notable exception to the first paragraph, however, is wither; it's the existence of that ability, not the existence of a particular effect such as a replacement effect, that affects the nature of the damage (C.R. 120.3; see also this thread and this thread), so that wither works even if the permanent in question isn't on the battlefield at the time of the damage, as long as it had wither at the last moment it was on the battlefield (C.R. 113.7a, 608.2g). This is what distinguishes wither from continuous effects from static abilities, even if they might do the same thing as wither. See also this thread.
Do the creatures on the board get -1/-1 counters?
I'm thinking no, because the Soul-Scar Mage is in the gravyard when the Arc bonds trigger resolves. But I can't remember how much of the creatures last known information is used.
thanks.
I'm pretty sure Stigma Lasher would work though, right?
Likewise, triggered abilities of a permanent (such as Stigma Lasher's second ability) function only on the battlefield unless they can't work there or mention another zone where they work (C.R. 113.6, 613.3b), so that for example, Stigma Lasher's second ability won't trigger while Stigma Lasher is not on the battlefield.
One notable exception to the first paragraph, however, is wither; it's the existence of that ability, not the existence of a particular effect such as a replacement effect, that affects the nature of the damage (C.R. 120.3; see also this thread and this thread), so that wither works even if the permanent in question isn't on the battlefield at the time of the damage, as long as it had wither at the last moment it was on the battlefield (C.R. 113.7a, 608.2g). This is what distinguishes wither from continuous effects from static abilities, even if they might do the same thing as wither. See also this thread.
EDIT (Oct. 4): Correctness edit.