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(In an attacking band of X creatures, at least [X-1] of them must have banding. In a defending band, only one creature must have banding.) A lone blocker could block multiple creatures if they were banded together. If an attacker with evasion (flying, swampwalk, whatever) is banded to a creature without evasion, the whole band can be blocked.
Oct 21, 2015 · The deck in question had lots of banding and trample creatures, so that in the end I would attack with a band that had a large amount of trampling creatures in it. For sake of argument, lets say my band has 15 points of trampling damage and 5 points of non-trampling damage. These bands would typically be blocked by more than one creature.
Feb 19, 2013 · No, a creature can normally only block at most one attacking creature. You have already quoted the relevant rule. I will bold the part of the rule that answers your question: 509.1a The defending player chooses which creatures that he or she controls, if any, will block. The chosen creatures must be untapped.
Mar 3, 2021 · In 2020 Magic: The Gathering banned seven cards due to racist or offensive content. But I don't understand the inclusion of the card Stone-Throwing Devils on that list. It just shows a bunch of demons jumping over a fence and throwing stones.
Jul 5, 2019 · Declaring a creature as a blocker isn't targeting; the rules don't mention the word 'target'.. 509.1a The defending player chooses which creatures they control, if any, will block.
Mar 18, 2022 · I want a complete printable checklist for Magic the Gathering sets. I want checklists for the Kamigawa, Amonket, game night, Ixalan complete sets. That is all the cards in these series so I can mark them off and see what I need to get to complete.
Unless of course the attacker has first strike and the defenders don't. (Magic is one of those games where almost every statement about it has an exception). And of course, the defenders could have first strike and kill the attackers before they are damaged. –
Jan 18, 2020 · 4. Yes, you have several opportunities to cast spells and activate abilities during the combat phase. The combat phase is divided into several steps: 506.1. The combat phase has five steps, which proceed in order: beginning of combat, declare attackers, declare blockers, combat damage, and end of combat. The declare blockers and combat damage ...
Oct 1, 2015 · Rule 702.19b says. The controller of an attacking creature with trample first assigns damage to the creature (s) blocking it. Once all those blocking creatures are assigned lethal damage, any remaining damage is assigned as its controller chooses among those blocking creatures and the player or planeswalker the creature is attacking. When ...
I find the shorthand players actually say is one of the following: "combat" "declare combat", and less often "attacks" "declare attacks" - even though one could say that declare attacks is the second step of the combat phase, not the first, the tacit pause they put after the declare attacks is shorthand for "I'm about to declare attacks.
