WhEn does Trample damage apply?
Asked by metalmustaine 7 years ago
let'S say i have High Priest of Penance blocking a creature with trample, can i destroy the creature before they assign trample damage to me?
let'S say i have High Priest of Penance blocking a creature with trample, can i destroy the creature before they assign trample damage to me?
acbooster says... Accepted answer #1
All damage is assigned and dealt at once.
Say your opponent is attacking with Worldspine Wurm and you block with High Priest of Penance. When it comes to the combat damage step, all damage is assigned. Your opponent assigns 1 damage to the Priest, which is enough to kill it. They then assign the remaining 14 damage to you. You assign the 1 damage from the Priest to the Wurm, then combat damage is dealt.
You take 14 damage at the same time your Priest takes lethal, and then the Priest dies as a state-based action. That's when its ability will go on the stack and you will get to destroy a nonland permanent.
March 5, 2017 11:07 p.m.