If I summon a Ball Lightning and attack, and then the opponent casts summary judgement to kill the ball lightning, does the ball lightning still do damage to the opponent?
Asked by mcflash 5 years ago
Ball Lightning - 6/1 Trample Creature with Haste and sacrificed at end of turn Summary Judgement - deals 3 damage to tapped creature
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February 4, 2019 4:07 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
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Pieguy396 says... Accepted answer #1
It depends on if they cast Summary Judgment before or after the combat damage step. Usually in that scenario, it would be correct to cast it before damage, so I would assume that's what your opponent did, but it is technically possible to do so after damage. If you attacked with Ball Lightning , and your opponent says something like "I cast Summary Judgment on your Ball Lightning before damage", that's perfectly legal in the rules. Your Ball Lightning will take 3 damage and die before it gets to deal combat damage.
As an aside, you can link cards by putting them in double square brackets like this:
January 31, 2019 8:51 a.m.