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.

How does trample work when blocking MTG?

If you are using your creature with trample as a blocker, after it has received and dealt damage to its attacker, any excess damage is not then dealt to your opponent because your creature is blocking, not attacking. Trample only applies to creatures attacking the defending player or planeswalker.

Does trample apply when defending?

Trample doesn't just apply to defending players – it applies to Planeswalkers, too! If you attack a Planeswalker with a creature with trample and your opponent's creatures cannot block all the damage, the Planeswalker will take the remainder.

How does trample work with double blocking?

First, you must assign at least lethal damage to the blockers who's first in line. Then you can move to the next, and so on. After you have assigned lethal damage to all blockers, if you have trample and you still have some spare damage to assign, you can assign that damage to the defending player or planeswalker.

Does trample go through multiple blockers?

Short answer: no, you can't assign 0 to the 2/2 and the 3/3 and still hit the defending player. You have to assign enough damage to all the blockers to otherwise kill them before you can assign any leftover damage to the player. Save this answer.

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What happens if a creature with protection blocks a creature with trample?

How Do Protection and Trample Work? If a creature has protection from an attacking trample creature, then the trample creature won't be able to destroy it or deal excess damage to the player or planeswalker.

Can 1 blocker block multiple attackers?

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.

What are the rules for double blocking?

Double blocking is where you choose to block a particular creature with more than one of your own creatures. To do this, you just choose which creatures you're going to block with and, if playing in paper, place them in front of the attacking creature.

What is trample when blocker is removed?

Trample damage means the attacking creature must deal lethal damage to the blocker, and then deal the rest to the defending player. Because the blocker was already removed, 0 damage is considered lethal and the attacking creature will deal all 7 damage to the defending player.

Does double strike trample over?

Does Extra Damage Carry Over to a Player? No, double strike lets your creature deal damage as if it had first strike and then again in the regular damage step. If said creature deals extra damage, then that damage just vanishes. The one exception is if the creature has trample.

Does Deathtouch work when blocking?

Deathtouch works on attacking, blocking, and fighting effects. Basically anytime a deathtouch creature deals damage, deathtouch works.

Do shield counters stop trample?

How Do Shield Counters Work Against Trample? Shield counters provide no extra protection against trample. The trampler still has to assign lethal damage to all blockers before assigning damage to the defending player, but this isn't affected by shield counters in any way.

Does Deathtouch stop trample?

Unless the creature with deathtouch has first strike, deathtouch does nothing to stop a creature from trampling over to the defending player. The creature with trample will assign leathal damage to the creature with deathtouch and any more damage can be assigned to the defending player.

Does preventing combat damage stop trample?

Protection prevents damage, but when assigning damage with trample you don't take into account any effects that would change the amount of damage actually dealt.

Does blocking work both ways?

However, blocking contact is only effective in one direction. That is, you can still communicate with the blocked person from your end, which means you can call them even if you have blocked them.

What are the rules of blocking?

IT (Blocking Rules), 2009 is a central government legislation that lays down the procedure and safeguarding measures for blocking the access of information by the public and it is enacted under the power conferred by Section 87(2)(z) of IT ACT,2000 R/W Section 69A of the IT ACT,2000.

Can you always double 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.

Can you sacrifice a creature that is blocking?

The answer to both is yes. After blockers are declared and before damage is dealt, instants and activated abilities can be used. If sacrifice a blocker, it will do no damage (as it is no longer on the battlefield) but the creature it is blocking is still blocked.

How do you fend off multiple attackers?

Can you block with summoning sickness?

The only thing that creatures cannot do with summoning sickness is attack or use an activated ability that requires it to tap. Creatures with summoning sickness MAY still block.

How does deathtouch work with trample?

Deathtouch means that any damage dealt by the source is considered lethal damage to a creature. Trample just checks that you assigned lethal damage to the blocker(s) before you assign any to the defending player or planeswalker.

Does first strike deathtouch stop trample?

Yup. If your creature has deathtouch and trample, then that means you only need to deal one damage to kill a blocking creature, and you can assign the rest of the damage to a planeswalker or the defending player.

What wins indestructible vs Deathtouch?

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.

Does trample work on Planeswalkers?

Only creatures can block, and Planeswalkers aren't creatures. When you attack, you choose to attack you attack either your opponent or a planeswalker they control. There is no way for a creature to trample from a Planeswalker to the defending player, or vice versa.

How do you defend against Deathtouch?

Indestructible is a fantastic counter to deathtouch. With the indestructible ability, a creature cannot be destroyed in the normal way with combat damage or by abilities that say 'destroy' on them.