Does Engulfing Slagwurm's ability destroy the other creature before combat damage is dealt?
Asked by dude1818 14 years ago
Referance: Engulfing Slagwurm .
Yes, it acts as a replacement effect for being blocked by any sort of creature.
Therefore, technically if a creature is destroyed and no longer there to block, the damage of Engulfing Slagwurm could go over the creature if it has some way of obtaining trample.
November 21, 2010 11:41 a.m.
brianguymtg says... #4
No combat damage, and life gain? Ba-roken!
And it isn't even a mythic.
November 21, 2010 12:54 p.m.
@cardcoin: well, it's not a replacement effect. it's just an effect that results in it not being blocked past the end of the declare blocker step.
November 21, 2010 1:43 p.m.
first strike deathtouch ftw. and weenie lifelink too!
November 21, 2010 2:19 p.m.
@cardcoin & sporkife: Actually, as far as I'm aware, the Slagwurm is still considered blocked, so no damage goes through to the defending player. In damage calc, it deals it's power in damage to a creature which is, effectively, no longer there. It still had a blocker assigned to it though, so no damage is dealt to the player. I'm not sure how it would work with trample, though. Possibly in that case it DOES do 7 damage, since the lethal damage for a creature which has already been destroyed is 0.
November 21, 2010 10:46 p.m.
bleh, poor choice of words. If it had trample it would deal combat damage equal to its power to the defending player, but it's still considered blocked.
Siegfried says... Accepted answer #1
Yes. The ability triggers when blockers are declared, and will resolve before the combat damage step.
November 20, 2010 11:54 p.m.