Trample Vs Smite
Asked by lowtuned 12 years ago
Hello, I have a predicament.
I was playing with my girl and i was attacking with a 7/7 creature with trample.She only had a 1/1 on the field and she had the card http://tappedout.net/mtg-card/smite/ Which states destory target blocked creature. So could she destroy my creature? Technically it isnt blocked because it still has damage to do, but technically she did block it?
Help me~
Jokernaught says... #2
There is an attacking phase/step: You declared your 7/7 trample attacking.
then there is a blocking phase/step: where the defending player declares which creatures are blocking what. declaring the 1/1 blocking your 7/7.
Then there is a Damage step. it goes First/Double strike damage, Normal Comabt damage (which is what creature would deal), then clean up, where combat step ceases and it move into a Post-Combat Main phase.
For the Damage step and the last half of the Declare Blockers step, a creature is considered Unblocked, Blocked, or Blocking. During these steps Smite , has legal targets.
August 20, 2012 3:58 p.m.
Smite -ing a 1/1 blocker after it has been declared will result in the 7/7 trampler doing 6 damage, wouldn't it?
August 20, 2012 4:01 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #6
An attacking creature becomes blocked when a creature is assigned to block it in the Declare Blockers step. If a blocker is assigned, that attacker is now a blocked creature for the rest of combat, regardless of what happens to the blocker. Flash Foliage is the only card I know of that can block a creature after this point.
Because an attacker gains the "blocked" status before combat damage, Smite may be cast on a blocked creature before it can deal its combat damage. This makes the play legal.
August 20, 2012 5:43 p.m.
PRO TIP, if it was a foil Smite your creature would instead deal damage to you instead! :D
August 20, 2012 9:34 p.m.
shadowdart says... #9
Just so you know Long_Con, if the 1/1 was destroyed before damage step, like with Divine Verdict , the 7/7 with trample would deal 7 damage to the defending player. Since trample deals lethal damage to blocking creatures THEN hits the player for the difference; if the blocking creature leaves the block before damage, then the creature with trample deals 0 damage to its blocker and deals its full damage to the player.
August 21, 2012 12:16 a.m.
Thanks, shadowdart, I thought that was the question, and wasn't sure of the answer.
sigh166 says... #1
It's blocked, however combat damage has not been dealt. You declare blockers, and after all blockers have been declared damage is dealt. There is a period before the damage being dealt and after she declare blockers where she can Smite w/o taking any damage.
August 20, 2012 3:10 p.m.