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12 months ago ::
Jun 25, 2012 - 9:17AM
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Jun 21, 2012
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I have creature A attacking. The declare a block with creature B. I attempt to play Faith's Shield on A to gain protection from B after the block has been declared. However, he tells me that I should have used it before he declared the block. Since I did it after, the block still happens even though A now has protection from B.
Is this true?
Also along the same lines, can you use Gut Shot on a blocker?
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12 months ago ::
Jun 25, 2012 - 9:19AM
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Oct 29, 2007
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if you used it before he blocked, he wouldn't have been able to block.
you used it after he blocked so the creature is blocked, however, the damage to your attacker will be prevented
you can Gut Shot a blocker, it is a creature afterall
if you kill a potential blocker before it blocks, then your attacker can't be blocked by that creature
if you kill a blocking creature after it has blocked, your attacking creature is still blocked
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12 months ago ::
Jun 25, 2012 - 9:20AM
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For the gut shot question - sure. However, removing a blocking creature won't make the creature it blocked become unblocked.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 25, 2012 - 9:47AM
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Note that if the attacking creature has Trample, removing all creatures blocking it will allow it to deal it's full damage to the Planeswalker or Player it was attacking.
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