LIFELINK!!!!!! NEED HELP!
Asked by icekillaxx 13 years ago
Ok ive heard from different people and from people that have been playing for a long time! So if Wurmcoil Engine attacks and i block with my Pulse Tracker does he gain 6 life or one!?
icekillaxx says... #2
You sure..... is there a ruling i can see my buddy wont believe me..... hahaha
August 24, 2011 2:14 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3
510.1a Each attacking creature and each blocking creature assigns combat damage equal to its power. Creatures that would assign 0 or less damage this way dont assign combat damage at all.
510.1c A blocked creature assigns its combat damage to the creatures blocking it. If no creatures are currently blocking it (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage. If exactly one creature is blocking it, it assigns all its combat damage to that creature. If two or more creatures are blocking it, it assigns its combat damage to those creatures according to the damage assignment order announced for it. This may allow the blocked creature to divide its combat damage. However, it cant assign combat damage to a creature thats blocking it unless, when combat damage assignments are complete, each creature that precedes that blocking creature in its order is assigned lethal damage. 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. An amount of damage thats greater than a creatures lethal damage may be assigned to it.
August 24, 2011 2:17 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
Here you go, straight from the Comprehensive Rules, in the section all about the Combat Damage Step:
510.1a Each attacking creature and each blocking creature assigns combat damage equal to its power. Creatures that would assign 0 or less damage this way don't assign combat damage at all.
August 24, 2011 2:18 p.m.
icekillaxx says... #5
ooo haah thanks man means alot so i can rub my screen on my friends face now hahaha just kidding..... or am i. Thanks this has been in our familys arguements for generations and now we can settle this like mtg men and il destroy all his decks with one of mine ;P
Epochalyptik says... #1
Creatures always assign their full power in damage during combat. Wurmcoil Engine is a 6/6 lifelink, so it will assign 6 points of damage total to its blockers and you will gain 6 life. Pulse Tracker is a 1/1, so it will assign 1 point of damage (it can still receive 6 damage, it'll just be very, very dead).
August 24, 2011 1:39 p.m.