If I use Guard Gomazoa to block Duskdale Wurm, will I still take trample damage ?
Asked by rushtowait 14 years ago
If I use Guard Gomazoa to block Duskdale Wurm , will I still take trample damage ?
No because the Guard Gomazoa wont die because it prevents the damage from Duskdale Wurm .
Trample says "If this creature would assign enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker."
The Wurm didnt destroy it blocker so it doesnt deal trample damage.
March 26, 2011 11:07 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... Accepted answer #3
I'm sorry you guys, that's not how it works.
When a creature is blocked, you simply have to assign lethal damage to that creature. All this means is that you have to choose to deal what would be lethal to that creature; it doesn't care whether it will or not.
So Guard Gomazoa blocks Duskdale Wurm , and the Wurm's controller assigns 3 damage to the Jellyfish, and the remaining 4 to the defending player.
702.17b 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.Example: A 6/6 green creature with trample is blocked by a 2/2 creature with protection from green. The attacking creature's controller must assign at least 2 damage to the blocker, even though that damage will be prevented by the blocker's protection ability. The attacking creature's controller can divide the rest of the damage as he or she chooses between the blocking creature and the defending player.
March 26, 2011 11:39 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... #4
I meant to put on the end there: Note that example, in particular. It specifically addresses a situation where a small creature blocks a creature with trample, and the trample damage still gets through even though the damage to the small creature would be prevented. Basically exactly the same situation.
March 26, 2011 11:46 a.m.
This just happened to me at FNM Last night. I was watching a game and someone attacked with Khalni Hydra and the other player blocked with Guard Gomazoa and claimed he didn't take damage. I informed him that he would still take damage because in order for trample to work the attacking creature would have to be able to deal damage equal to the creatures toughness. Trample ignores all other abilities. Trample doesn't take into account the damage prevention, it just takes into account how much left over damage there is. How much damage the creature actually takes is irrellivent, because you can assign the rest of the damage to the player.
March 26, 2011 11:59 a.m.
sanixon94 summed it up nicely. Lethal damage calculations only care about a creature's toughness (as modified by -X/-X effects or whatever) and the damage that creature has already taken that turn. Anything else doesn't factor into determining what lethal combat damage to a creature is. And all Trample cares about is that lethal damage value.
arobidoux says... #1
No you will not take damage from trample if you block the Duskdale Wurm with the Guard Gomazoa as the Guard Gomazoa soaks up all the damage from the Wurm.
March 26, 2011 10:55 a.m.