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Title: Trample Question
Date Posted: Tue Nov/09/10 at 9:10am

Manaburn
Posts: 45
Joined: 26-Aug-10

If you attack with a 20/20 with trample and they block with a 10/10 and a 5/5, can you assign all damage to the 10/10 allowing 10 hit the player, or do you have to hit the 5/5 too?  I know if it didn't have trample you are allowed to do all 20 to the 10/10.  Probably a silly question, but I couldn't find clarification in the rule book.  I am assuming you have to damage all blockers first.
Date Posted: Tue Nov/09/10 at 9:46am

psyche
Posts: 1250
Joined: 31-Aug-09

Wall of text, but it is the rule.
702.17b

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 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. The attacking creature's controller need not assign lethal damage to all those blocking creatures but in that case can't assign any damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.

Date Posted: Tue Nov/09/10 at 10:35am

Zark-the-Damned
Posts: 523
Joined: 24-Feb-10

Yup, you have to assign lethal damage to all blocking creatures before you can trample over.

Note if you have deathtouch, then 1 damage is considered lethal, so is great with Trample :D
Date Posted: Tue Nov/09/10 at 2:26pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Not pseudo deathtouch though.



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