Sacrifice and Double Strike
Asked by KingofBarcelona 11 years ago
This happened with a friend of mine when we were playing standard. I attacked with Athreos, God of Passage and he blocks with Nyx-Fleece Ram . After he declares blockers, he sacrifices Nyx-Fleece Ram using Scourge of Skola Vale and I use Boros Charm to give Athreos, God of Passage double strike. My question is, how does this resolve? Does he take 0 damage because Athreos is considered blocked or does only the second strike deal damage?
loltothelolz says... #3
From the rules:
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.
Unless it has trample, no damage is dealt.
erabel says... Accepted answer #1
Well, since Athreos doesn't have trample, and he was blocked, all the damage, both first and normal strike, would be dealt to the blocker. Since the blocker was sacced before damage was dealt, the damage just doesn't happen. None of it goes through to the player.
May 4, 2014 10:29 p.m.