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10 months ago ::
Aug 04, 2012 - 1:03AM
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Apr 23, 2012
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A creature with lifelink attacks, the opponent blocks and then casts Cloudshift  on his blocking creature. Is the creature considered blocked without damage being dealt (and triggering lifelink)?
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10 months ago ::
Aug 04, 2012 - 1:06AM
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Aug 13, 2001
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The attacking creature is still blocked, even though it's no longer blocked by anything in particular. It won't deal combat damage (unless it has Trample or a similar ability  ) and therefore Lifelink won't do anything (with the same proviso).
Jeff Heikkinen
DCI Rules Advisor since Dec 25, 2011
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10 months ago ::
Aug 04, 2012 - 1:19AM
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Mar 22, 2009
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Note that Lifelink is no longer a Triggered ability (since M10).
~ Tim
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That makes no sense to me.
If they spelled the ability out on the card in full then it would not be allowed in a mono-black Commander deck, but because they used a keyword to save space it is allowed?
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You want to make a milky drink. You squeeze a cow.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 04, 2012 - 3:51AM
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510.1d A blocking creature assigns combat damage to the creatures it’s blocking. If it isn’t currently blocking any creatures (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage...
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10 months ago ::
Aug 10, 2012 - 5:12PM
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Apr 23, 2012
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So if it had trample and was blocked by a 2/2 that was cloudshifted, and the attacking creature was 4/4, 2 damage would still carry over?
Also, after the blocking creature is cloudshifted, can it block another creature? I think someone mentioned a rule about blocking with a creature only once per turn?
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10 months ago ::
Aug 10, 2012 - 5:19PM
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Jul 28, 2010
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all 4 damage would be dealt to the defending player
when a creature is blinked after blockers are declared it cannot block this combat
blockers are only declared once per combat
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10 months ago ::
Aug 10, 2012 - 5:21PM
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Sep 17, 2004
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So if it had trample and was blocked by a 2/2 that was cloudshifted, and the attacking creature was 4/4, 2 damage would still carry over?
4 damage
702.18c If an attacking creature with trample is blocked, but there are no creatures blocking it when damage is assigned, all its damage is assigned to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
Also, after the blocking creature is cloudshifted, can it block another creature?
No, the declaration of blockers is finished; new creatures can not be declared as blockers.
No, I am not a judge. That's why I like to quote sources such as the rules that trump judges.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 10, 2012 - 5:36PM
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Apr 23, 2012
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thanks guys 
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