If a creature with trample is blocked by a creature with indestructible and a smaller toughness than the trample creature's power, does the extra trample damage go through?
Asked by dquinn 13 years ago
Say I have a 1/1 with indestructible and my opponent attacks with a 5/5 with trample. Do I take 4 damage?
i don't think it does.
trample reads "If a creature you control would assign enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker."
the keyword in there is destroy
and since you can't destroy and indestructible creature, the damage wouldn't go through
but i'm not entirely sure, a second or third opinion will surely get you the answer that's correct.
December 11, 2010 2:18 p.m.
Diablorist says... Accepted answer #4
Here's the info from the Magic rules:
"702.17b The controller of an attacking creature with trample first assigns damage to the creature(s) blocking it. Once all those blocking creatures are assigned lethal damage, any remaining damage is assigned as its controller chooses among those blocking creatures and the player or planeswalker the creature is attacking. ... Example: A 6/6 green creature with trample is blocked by a 2/2 creature with protection from green. The attacking creature's controller must assign at least 2 damage to the blocker, even though that damage will be prevented by the blocker's protection ability. The attacking creature's controller can divide the rest of the damage as he or she chooses between the blocking creature and the defending player."
Just sub in indestructible for protection from green and we have this basic scenario. So what happens is that the attacker assigns lethal damage to the blocking creature and the rest of the damage being dealt can carry over to the player/planeswalker being attacked.
TLDR: The extra damage would carry over, even though the creature is indestructible.
December 11, 2010 2:40 p.m.
Should also clarify that the game defines lethal damage to a creature (or "enough damage to destroy") as the defending creature's toughness, along with any boosts/reductions it may have received, minus any damage it has already taken. No other types of effects are taken into account for these calculations.
December 11, 2010 2:56 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #6
Diablorist is exactly right. You only have to assingn what WOULD be lethal to the creature.
maxtheax says... #1
Yes, or at least i believe so. It's just that the 1/1 dosn't die, so it's soaking 1 damage out of the 5.
December 11, 2010 2:17 p.m.