Deadly Allure, required blocking question.
Asked by deldaro 13 years ago
"Target Creature gains deathtouch until end of turn and must be blocked this turn if able"
flash back, blah, blah, blah
If I have one soldier token and one spirit and so does my opponent, and I cast deadly allure on my soldier and then my spirit and attack with both, is my opponent forced to block my flyer with his flyer and my non-flyer with his own, or may be choose to block my non-flying soldier with his spirit and then be unable to block my flyer due to him not having a blocker able to do so at this point.
Basically, if you are ABLE to block both in some way, are you required to?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
The rules quote to back my answer up, if you were wondering:
509.1c The defending player checks each creature he or she controls to see whether it's affected by any requirements (effects that say a creature must block, or that it must block if some condition is met). If the number of requirements that are being obeyed is fewer than the maximum possible number of requirements that could be obeyed without disobeying any restrictions, the declaration of blockers is illegal. If a creature can't block unless a player pays a cost, that player is not required to pay that cost, even if blocking with that creature would increase the number of requirements being obeyed.
Epochalyptik says... #1
If your opponent has a permutation of blocking available that would satisfy both requirements, he or she MUST make those blocks.
May 28, 2012 8:37 p.m.