After attacks declared Abzan Falconer is blocked. Does everyone lose flying?
Asked by Argy 9 years ago
We were playing a game today where my friend declared attacks with a bunch of Creatures who all had +1/+1 counters.
One of the Creatures who attached was Abzan Falconer, which also had a +1/+1 counter. The first creature that blocked it was a flier that was able to kill it.
Does that mean that other creatures who are not fliers are now able to block the other attacking creatures?
In my limited understanding blockers are declared all at once, not one at a time, and must be legal blockers at the time they are declared.
Since the blockers were not all fliers, yet all the attackers were, I think that only fliers could be declared as blockers?
Then damage goes through from all the attackers except the ones who were blocked by fliers?
Thanks for any help.
Slycne says... Accepted answer #1
You are correct. The important thing to remember is that everything in Magic happens in specific orders and steps.
All blocking is declared together during the declare blocker step, so only creature with flying or reach could be declared as blockers if all the attacking creatures have flying. Once blockers are finished and everyone passes priority then you move to dealing damage.
March 3, 2015 10:28 a.m.