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Question about blocking

Hey everyone im trying to get back into magic and ive been playing with my girlfriend lately but im a little rust at the rules.

The question i have is this

lets say someone attacks with a 2/2 creature, and i block with two 1/2 creatures. What happens? How s the damage distributed? Would it do 1 damage to each of them while killing the attacking creature?
Posted 08 April 2010 at 03:47

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The attacker must say how damage will be divided after blockers are declared and before damage resolves. The attacker must assign lethal damage to the first blocker he chooses before he can assign damage to the next and the next and so on.

This means that when your 2/2 is blocked by 2 1/2's you have to assign 2 damage to one of these creatures and none to the other. If your creature was a 3/2 you are allowed to assign 2 damage to one creature and 1 to the other but you are also allowed to assign 3 damage to one and none to the other. Lethat damage is just the minimum.
An exception to this rule is deathtouch. If your critter happens to have deathtouch you are allowed to assign 1 damage to each blocker and kill both.
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Posted 08 April 2010 at 07:03

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