When Draven, Audacious defends a battlefield and Imperial Decree is played, then a Recruit attacks (creating a trade scenario), what is the resolution sequence and who scores points?

Ruling: Draven wins combat and scores 1 point. Draven's death trigger does NOT fire, so the opponent scores 0 points. Only Draven's player scores.

Sequence:

• Combat damage is dealt simultaneously (Recruit takes 6 lethal damage, Draven takes 1 non-lethal damage)
• Imperial Decree's kill trigger is added to the chain as a Pending Item but cannot resolve yet
• Combat cleanup occurs: Recruit dies from lethal damage, Draven survives
• Draven's player is determined the winner of combat
• Draven's win-combat ability triggers and resolves immediately, scoring 1 point
• Combat ends and contested status clears
• Imperial Decree's kill trigger now resolves, killing Draven
• Draven's death trigger does NOT fire because he died outside of combat (combat already concluded)

Nuances:

• The critical timing is that combat cleanup (including winner determination and win-combat triggers) completes BEFORE the Imperial Decree kill effect resolves from the chain
• Draven's death trigger requires death "in combat" - since Imperial Decree kills him after combat has ended, this condition is not met
• This is the official ruling confirmed by the Post Regional Q&A committee