hundredhanded one blocking
Asked by nfcnorth 11 years ago
lets say I have a monstrous Hundred-Handed One and I am getting attacked by multiple creatures who add up to more than his defense. Lets say one of them has trample but is smaller than Hundred-Handed One do I take any trample damage?
the attacking player can assign all of the trample damage to you
see the example in rule 702.19b
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.
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Example: A 2/2 creature that can block an additional creature blocks two attackers: a 1/1 with no abilities and a 3/3 with trample. The active player could assign 1 damage from the first attacker and 1 damage from the second to the blocking creature, and 2 damage to the defending player from the creature with trample.
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Example: A 6/6 green creature with trample is blocked by a 2/2 creature with protection from green. The attacking creatures controller must assign at least 2 damage to the blocker, even though that damage will be prevented by the blockers protection ability. The attacking creatures controller can divide the rest of the damage as he or she chooses between the blocking creature and the defending player.
September 24, 2013 4:13 p.m.
Short answer: If they are smart enough to explicitly put the trampler last in the damage assignment order, they will be able to trample over. If they put the trampler in the middle of the damage assignment order, it won't.
September 24, 2013 5:49 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
There's no "damage assignment order" for choosing how multiple attackers deal damage to a single blocker and/or the attacking player. You just make a damage assignment and then check to see if it's legal or not. If not, you have to back up and change your decision.
September 24, 2013 5:55 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
@Rhadamanthus: Really? Am I confusing another rule with this situation?
September 24, 2013 7:43 p.m.
hunter9000 says... #6
If multiple creatures are blocking a single attacker, then the damage assignment order is skipped, since there's only one creature that it could damage. But if there are multiple attackers that it's blocking, it uses the combat damage assignment order that was declared for it during the first part of the combat damage step.
510.1d A blocking creature assigns combat damage to the creatures it's blocking. If it isn't currently blocking any creatures (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage. If it's blocking exactly one creature, it assigns all its combat damage to that creature. If it's blocking two or more creatures, it assigns its combat damage to those creatures according to the damage assignment order announced for it. This may allow the blocking creature to divide its combat damage. However, it can't assign combat damage to a creature that it's blocking unless, when combat damage assignments are complete, each creature that precedes that blocked creature is assigned lethal damage.
September 24, 2013 8:14 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #7
@Epochalyptik: The 510.1d quoted by hunter9000 is what you're thinking of, but notice that it's about how the blocking creature assigns its damage, not the attacking creatures.
September 24, 2013 8:18 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #8
@hunter9000: That's it. Thanks for clearing that up.
Epochalyptik says... #1
You might, depending on how your opponent assigns combat damage.
Your opponent will declare the order in which his or her blocked creatures will assign combat damage to Hundred-Handed One . If less than Hundred-Handed One 's toughness in damage has been assigned to Hundred-Handed One by the time the trampler would assign its damage, the trampler can't assign any damage to you.
September 24, 2013 4:09 p.m.