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5 months ago ::
Dec 29, 2012 - 10:47PM
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I was wondering, if my opponent has a planeswalker, when I attack do I have to say which creature is attacking which target (him or his planeswalker), or can I assign the damage after he has assigned blockers. So, if I had two 1/1 vanilla creatures, and he has one, if I attack with both and he blocks one, can I choose to assign that 1 damage to a planeswalker if he had one, or to him or what. Or, would I have to declare what creatures are attacking which so he can block respectively.
Thanks!
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5 months ago ::
Dec 29, 2012 - 10:54PM
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I was wondering, if my opponent has a planeswalker, when I attack do I have to say which creature is attacking which target (him or his planeswalker), or can I assign the damage after he has assigned blockers.
You must announce it up front for each attacking creature.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 30, 2012 - 1:28AM
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In addition, assigning damage is done during the combat damage step. What you're asking about is attack declaration, which is handled during the declare attackers step.
For reference, these are the 5 steps of the Combat Phase:
1. Beginning of Combat Step
2. Declare Attackers Step
3. Declare Blockers Step
4. Combat Damage Step
5. End of Combat Step
Step 2 is where you decide whether your creatures are attacking a defending player or his/her planeswalkers (or a combination of the two), while damage isn't actually assigned until Step 4.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 30, 2012 - 11:48AM
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Also keep in mind that even though damage isn't assigned until the combat damage step, if your opponent blocks one of your attackers with more than one creature, you must announce the order in which you will assign damage to those creatures at the time that the block is declared, not the time that the damage is actually assigned.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 30, 2012 - 12:14PM
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Also note that according to Magic Tournament Rules: A player is assumed to be attacking another player and not any planeswalkers that player may control
unless the attacking player specifies otherwise.
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5 months ago ::
Dec 30, 2012 - 12:47PM
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I was wondering, if my opponent has a planeswalker, when I attack do I have to say which creature is attacking which target (him or his planeswalker),
Also, attacking does not target (you can still attack a player that controls a Witchbane Orb  for example).
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