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Can menace block menace?

A creature with menace can't be blocked by just one creature during combat. This means that if you swing at your opponent with a creature with menace, they'll have to block using two or more creatures to deal with the incoming attack.
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How do you block menace?

Creatures with Menace “can't be blocked except by two or more creatures,” according to MTG's comprehensive rules. What is this? The ruling around this ability comes during the declaration of blockers. For the creature to be blocked, the opposing player must declare at least two creatures as blockers.
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Can you choose not to block a creature with menace?

If a creature with menace attacks that player, the player must block with both creatures. Having only the first creature block violates the restriction created by menace (the attacking creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures).
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Can 2 creatures block 1 attacker?

After your opponent declares their attackers you get the chance to “block” some of them with your untapped creatures. For each attacking creature you can choose one or more of your creatures to block it. A creature can't block more than one attacking creature at a time outside of some very particular circumstances.
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How does menace work with double strike?

Menace + Double Strike

Menace and double strike work well together. Double strike lets a menace creature put out a ton of damage. Because double strike enables a creature to deal damage before regular combat damage, a creature with both abilities can also save itself from being overwhelmed by its blockers and dying.
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What IS Menace?!

Can you block with double strike?

Double strike creatures block and are blocked normally.

Just because a creature has double strike doesn't mean that it can block two creatures or needs two creatures to block it.
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Does double strike activate blocking?

Yes, double strike and first strike work while blocking. Effectively, there is a "first strike combat damage step" in which one set of double strike damage is dealt, and then a normal combat damage step, where all other combat damage is dealt.
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Can a 0 power creature deal combat damage?

Does 0 Count as Combat Damage? A creature with 0 or negative power deals no damage during the damage step. If you put Curiosity on your 0-power creature, for example, you won't draw any cards in combat whether the creature goes unblocked or not.
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Can you triple block in MTG?

If you attack, your opponent can just double (or triple) block, and the result will be the same as if your creature didn't have first strike: you will trade with one of the creatures.
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What is the rule 510.1 D?

510.1d A blocking creature assigns combat damage to the creatures it's blocking. If it isn't currently blocking any creatures (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage. If it's blocking exactly one creature, it assigns all its combat damage to that creature.
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Do creatures I control have menace?

Creatures you control have menace. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to attacking creatures you control. Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 green Cat creature token. : Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
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Does Deathtouch work on planeswalkers?

Deathtouch destroys creatures by inflicting one point of damage, Planeswalkers are not creatures so they are not affected by deathtouch.
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Can you be forced to sacrifice an indestructible creature?

Indestructible doesn't stop you from being forced to sacrifice the permanent. In the game rules, though sacrifice does kill a creature, it doesn't destroy it – this means effects like indestructibility and older mechanics like regeneration don't apply to it.
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Can vigilance block flying?

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) As long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn, Gnarled Sage gets +0/+2 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 4/4 black Zombie Warrior creature token with vigilance.
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Can a blocker block multiple creatures?

Declare blockers: the defending player chooses which creatures they will block with. A creature must be untapped in order for it to block. Each creature can only block a single attacker, but multiple defending creatures can block the same attacker.
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Can you tap a creature with summoning sickness?

Can Creatures With Summoning Sickness Use Tap Abilities? No, they can't. It's explicitly stated that the creature can't attack or use activated abilities that include the tap or untap symbols in their cost when it's summoning sick.
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What is the most banned card in MTG?

10 Powerful Magic: The Gathering Cards That Were Banned Or Restricted
  1. 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis. Banned in Modern, Legal in Legacy, Vintage, & Commander.
  2. 2 Mana Drain. Banned in Legacy, Legal in Vintage & Commander. ...
  3. 3 Yawgmoth's Will. ...
  4. 4 Umezawa's Jitte. ...
  5. 5 Birthing Pod. ...
  6. 6 Tolarian Academy. ...
  7. 7 Oko, Thief Of Crowns. ...
  8. 8 Skullclamp. ...
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How many MTG cards is too many?

Most formats don't have a maximum card limit, but for most formats the minimum card limit is 60 and most people choose to have 60 card decks unless there is a very good reason not to.
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Can you hold more than 7 cards in MTG?

Each player has a maximum hand size, which is normally seven cards. A player may have any number of cards in their hand, but as part of their cleanup step, the player must discard excess cards down to the maximum hand size.
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What happens if a creature with Deathtouch deals 0 damage?

If a creature with deathtouch has zero power, it can't deal damage and thus cannot destroy an attacking or blocking creature. Spells that reduce a creature's power to zero or turn it into a creature with zero power can be effective answers to deathtouch.
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Is indestructible immune to destroy all creatures?

Does destroy all kill indestructible creatures? Because indestructible cards can't be destroyed by any effects which use the word 'destroy' on them, they are not affected by cards which say, 'destroy all'.
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Can you deal damage to indestructible creatures?

The most concise way to explain it is to say that indestructible permanents can't be destroyed by lethal damage. The fun thing is that there are a few different ways to deal lethal damage. Deathtouch, combat damage, spell and ability damage, and “destroy” effects are all covered in indestructible's wheelhouse.
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Does Deathtouch destroy indestructible?

Indestructible creatures also ignore deathtouch. Normally, a creature is destroyed if it takes damage from a creature with deathtouch. But since indestructible creatures can't be destroyed, they're immune.
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Can first strike be blocked?

Yes, you can block a creature with first strike.

If the creature with first strike doesn't deal enough damage to destroy the blocking creature, then on the second damage step the blocking creature will assign its damage.
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Does trample work when blocking?

702.19a Trample is a static ability that modifies the rules for assigning an attacking creature's combat damage. The ability has no effect when a creature with trample is blocking or is dealing noncombat damage.
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