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JW asked in Games & RecreationCard Games · 9 years ago

[MTG] -Ruling Question-?

I'm attacking with a green 74/74 trample creature, and my opponent blocks with a pro green dude. Can I assign five damage to the guy and trample over the rest to end him? Or maybe I can't assign enough since 5 won't be "lethal" due to protection.

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    Lv 6
    9 years ago
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    Trample doesn't care about whether or not the blocker dies, or even if it's dealt any damage at all. It only cares about the blocker's toughness and any damage already on it. Trample changes how damage is assigned, not how it's dealt. You just need to assign enough to theoretically kill it, regardless of whether or not that damage actually kills it. So yes, you can just assign 5 to the blocker (assuming its toughness is 5, of course), and the rest can go over.

    Source(s): Level 1 judge.
  • 9 years ago

    510.1c A blocked creature assigns its combat damage to the creatures blocking it. If no creatures are currently blocking it (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage. If exactly one creature is blocking it, it assigns all its combat damage to that creature. If two or more creatures are blocking it, it assigns its combat damage to those creatures according to the damage assignment order announced for it. This may allow the blocked creature to divide its combat damage. However, it can't assign combat damage to a creature that's blocking it unless, when combat damage assignments are complete, each creature that precedes that blocking creature in its order is assigned lethal damage. When checking for assigned lethal damage, take into account damage already marked on the creature and damage from other creatures that's being assigned during the same combat damage step, but not any abilities or effects that might change the amount of damage that's actually dealt. An amount of damage that's greater than a creature's lethal damage may be assigned to it.

    That second to last part is what matters.

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