Firststrike/deathtouch vs Indestructible

Asked by belugawhaleonthefloor 9 years ago

Ok so 2 questions:

1- if i swing with Master of Cruelties and opponent blocks with Colossus of Akros will master die? Or will nothing happen because it striked first?

2- if opponent swings with 20/20 Colossus of Akros with trample, and i block with Master of Cruelties , what will happen???

Devonin says... Accepted answer #1

1- It will deal 1 point of first strike damage to the Colossus of Akros in the first strike damage step which would be lethal damage because of deathtouch, except that it is indestructible. So it is still alive in the normal combat damage step at which time it will deal 10 to the Master of Cruelties smashing him into a fine paste.

2- The Master will deal 1 point of first strike damage, which will fail to kill the Colossus in spite of having deathtouch, because it is indestructible. Then the Colossus' controller will presumably elect to assign 4 damage to the Master, killing it, and 16 to you.

October 18, 2014 12:15 p.m.

GenericNPC says... #2

1. Master of Cruelties will die. Colossus of Akros is Indestructible and can't be killed by Deathtouch or any source that deals damage.

2. You take 16 damage. Again Colossus of Akros is Indestructible so Deathtouch and damage done is irrelevant. In order for Colossus of Akros to Trample, it must assign lethal damage to Master of Cruelties . Since Master of Cruelties Toughness is 4, Colossus of Akros deals 4 damage to Master of Cruelties , killing it, and the rest of the 16 damage Tramples over.

October 18, 2014 12:21 p.m.

belugawhaleonthefloor says... #3

Lol thanks guys.

October 18, 2014 9:47 p.m.