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'''Flanking''' is a [[keyword ability]] that gives creatures that block a creature with | '''Flanking''' is a [[keyword ability]] that gives creatures that block a creature with flanking -1/-1, unless the blocker also has flanking. The only tournament-legal cards with this keyword were printed in the [[Mirage Block]]. There are [http://gatherer.wizards.com/?first=1&last=100&term=flanking&Field_Rules=on&setfilter=Allsets&colorfilter=All&typefilter=All&output=summary&sort=name twenty-one] cards that have Flanking or can grant it to a creature. | ||
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Revision as of 14:08, 13 April 2006
Flanking is a keyword ability that gives creatures that block a creature with flanking -1/-1, unless the blocker also has flanking. The only tournament-legal cards with this keyword were printed in the Mirage Block. There are twenty-one cards that have Flanking or can grant it to a creature.
From the Comprehensive Rules:
- 502.3. Flanking
- 502.3a Flanking is a triggered ability that triggers during the declare blockers step. (See rule 309, "Declare Blockers Step.") "Flanking" means "Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature without flanking, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn."
- 502.3b If a creature has multiple instances of flanking, each triggers separately.
As this is done during the Declare Blockers Step, if a creature is put into the graveyard as a result of the -1/-1, that creature will deal no damage to the creature with Flanking, even if it has First Strike.
Flanking only triggers when a creature with Flanking becomes blocked, not when it blocks.