Trample vs. Festering Goblin
Asked by seshiro_of_the_orochi 3 years ago
The following situation happened today:
I attacked my opponent with a Untamed Kavu that had been kicked, so it's a 5/5 trample Vigilance creature. My opponent blocked with two Festering Goblin. The goblins died from combat, both their abilities targeted my Kavu.
The question we had is: How much trample damage hits my opponent? Does he take 3 damage and then my Kavu shrinks, or does my opponent take 1 damage from the shrunk Kavu?
As combat damage doesn't use the stack since some point like ten years ago, I'm pretty sure it should be option one. But I'm not perfectly sure.
Pyrra says... Accepted answer #1
all combat damage is dealt at the same time (since no first strike is present), which means players and creatures take damage at the same time. your opponent will have already taken 3 trample damage before the goblins even trigger. even if damage still used the stack, it would work the same way.
October 7, 2020 1:33 p.m.