How does trample and infect work?
You, your blocker, and the attacking creature all take damage simultaneously. If you blocked the 6/6 trampler with a 1/1 creature that had both infect and first strike, then its infect damage would be applied first, giving the 6/6 a -1/-1 counter, and then you’d only take a maximum of 4 trample damage.
How does protection from a color work with trample?
Protection from a color prevents all damage assigned to a creature. Since during the damage assignment, the attacker only needs to assign lethal damage to the creature before being able to assign trample damage to you.
How does trample work with multiple defenders?
Trample means you can assign ‘excess’ damage to the defending player. The 5/5 will only assign 5 points of damage total. You have to assign lethal damage to all blockers before you can assign damage to a player, so the opponent takes zero and you will kill one of the blockers.
How does first strike and trample work together?
In the first phase, only creatures with first strike and double strike deal damage, and in the second, only creatures without first strike deal damage. When a creature in combat has trample, all damage past what is necessary to deal lethal damage to all blockers is dealt directly to the defending player.
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 indestructible prevent trample damage?
Even though an indestructible creature isn’t destroyed by lethal damage, that definition is still used for things like assigning trample damage. If a creature with lethal damage on it stops being indestructible, it’s destroyed the next time state-based actions are checked.
Does protection work against Deathtouch?
As we discussed a few weeks ago, protection does several things, such as preventing all damage from any source it has protection from. That means that deathtouch will not apply, as damage that is prevented is not considered dealt.
Does First Strike Deathtouch stop trample?
Nope. Since the 10/10 dies before it can assign combat damage, it will not assign any damage and trample will have no effect.
Does First strike Deathtouch stop trample?
Does trample go through indestructible?
Indestructible does not prevent Trample.
That is because a creature with a Trample keyword only needs to assign lethal damage to the blocking creature before assigning the rest to the defending player. So, even if a creature is indestructible, it is not immune to Trample.
Does Deathtouch destroy indestructible?
No, deathtouch causes “lethal damage” to creatures, indestructible creatures cannot be killed by “lethal damage”.
Does Deathtouch beat 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.
Does Hexproof beat Deathtouch?
Because deathtouch does not target a creature, hexproof won’t protect a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the hexproof creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result.
Do board wipes affect protection?
It doesn’t do anything against any other kinds of effects. So what is the board wipe in question doing? If we’re looking at your typical white wrath effect like Shatter the Sky or Doomskar, then protection won’t do anything.
Does Hexproof block trample?
Because combat damage is not targeted, and Trample does not target the blocking creatures nor the defending player, Hexproof will not protect creatures or players from this damage.
Does trample still go through if creature dies?
Does Trample Go Through If My Creature Dies? If your creature dies in combat, the excess damage is still dealt to the defending player. However, if it is destroyed another way before it has dealt combat damage to the blocking creatures, no damage can be dealt at all.
Does prevent all damage stop trample?
Prevention effects can only prevent the trample damage that is assigned to a creature. There are many ways to prevent damage that would be dealt to or by a creature.
Does Hexproof stop Deathtouch?
Because deathtouch does not target a creature, hexproof won’t protect a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the hexproof creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result. The same is true for ward and shroud, keywords with similar effects.
What is Hex proof?
Hexproof is an evergreen keyword ability that prevents a permanent or player from being the target of spells or abilities played by opponents.
Do board wipes destroy indestructible creatures?
Most board wipes “destroy” creatures, so one way to protect your creatures (and permanents) is to buff them with the “indestructible”keyword.
Does First Strike cancel Deathtouch?
Deathtouch only “works” when the deathtouch creature deals at least one point of damage, so if the first strike creature deals enough damage to kill the deathtoucher, then it dies before dealing any damage. So in that sense, yes, it negates it.
Does protection from black stop Deathtouch?
Does Protection From a Color Prevent Deathtouch? The short answer here is yes. Protection from black, for example, will prevent all damage dealt by black creatures and spells to whatever has that protection. Deathtouch means that any amount of damage counts as lethal damage.
Does trample get through protection?
As it turns out (and possibly counterintuitively), trample does go through protection. The point is that the attacker must assign lethal damage to the defending creature, and then they are free to assign the rest to the player.
Does Deathtouch work on Hexproof?
Can trample go through indestructible?
indestructible. Attack with a 5/5 trample, double strike creature. It gets blocked by a 4/4 indestructible.