instant speed first strike problems
Asked by koylucumert 4 years ago
so lets say I and my opponent each have a 2/2 and a 3/3. and I have a Sparring Collar . I attack with both of them with the 3/3 equipped with the collar. opponent blocks 3/3 with 3/3 and 2/2 with 2/2. no creature has first strike except the one with the collar. so first strike damage happens and i kill the 3/3. before normal damage step? what happens if i use the collar to transfer it to the 2/2. will i have saved my 2/2 or theirs or neither?
dragonstryke58 says... Accepted answer #1
You will have saved neither.
A creature gaining first strike after the first strike damage step doesn't allow it to deal damage before another creature in the regular combat damage step. It also does not preclude it from doing damage in the regular damage step. Because of that, the two 2/2's will deal damage normally.
From the Comprehensive Rules:
702.7b If at least one attacking or blocking creature has first strike or double strike (see rule 702.4) as the combat damage step begins, the only creatures that assign combat damage in that step are those with first strike or double strike. After that step, instead of proceeding to the end of combat step, the phase gets a second combat damage step. The only creatures that assign combat damage in that step are the remaining attackers and blockers that had neither first strike nor double strike as the first combat damage step began, as well as the remaining attackers and blockers that currently have double strike. After that step, the phase proceeds to the end of combat step.
and
702.7c Giving first strike to a creature without it after combat damage has already been dealt in the first combat damage step won’t preclude that creature from assigning combat damage in the second combat damage step. Removing first strike from a creature after it has already dealt combat damage in the first combat damage step won’t allow it to also assign combat damage in the second combat damage step (unless the creature has double strike).
August 29, 2019 2:07 a.m. Edited.