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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]]. | 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 only triggers when a creature with flanking becomes blocked, not when it blocks. | ||
[[Category:Keywords]][[Category:Magic Rules]] | [[Category:Keywords]][[Category:Magic Rules]] | ||
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.