Siege Rhino with 2 counters attacking through Stormbreath Dragon?

Asked by UpperDeckerTaco 8 years ago

Quick question, I know how "protection" works, but I do have a slight confusion as to if Siege Rhino has 2 - +1/+1 counters on it making it a 6/7 attacking through Stormbreath Dragon...does 2 damage trample over? Or since Stormbreath Dragon has pro white, and can't be assigned lethal damage from Rhino, does he "eat up" all the damage?

Slycne says... Accepted answer #1

You can assign two damage to them. Essentially, a creature with trample only needs to assign what it thinks lethal damage would be.

702.19b 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 thats being assigned during the same combat damage step, but not any abilities or effects that might change the amount of damage thats actually dealt. The attacking creatures controller need not assign lethal damage to all those blocking creatures but in that case cant assign any damage to the player or planeswalker its attacking

May 24, 2015 4:07 a.m. Edited.