Hey all, I'm brand new to Magic. Just started playing about a month ago. Drakuseth is definitely one of the cards that still has me confused.
Since Drakuseth, Maw of Flame is listed as a 7/7 creature is the 4/3/3 damage from his ability in addition to his 7 power or instead of the 7? In other words if Drakuseth is attacking me unblocked does he do 7 damage to the die, 4 damage to creature #1, 3 damage to creature #2, and 3 damage to creature #3? Is it a potential of 17 total damage? Or is it a max of 10 spread out as 4 damage to the die, 3 damage to creature #1 and 3 damage to creature #2?
Thanks for any clarity on this.
I moved your post to its own new thread. In the future, please create a new thread for new questions rather than hijacking an existing thread about the same card. -MadMage
Drakuseth's ablity will trigger and thus resolve in the declare attackers step, long bfore combat damage is dealt, and quite some time still before blokcers are declared. In other words, that ability can kill potential blockers before they can be declared as blockers.
So you can deal at most with one attack, first 4 damage to any target and 3 damage each to up to two other targets (none of that is combat damage; those targets can be players, planeswalkers, or creatures), then later in the combat damage step Drakuseth deals another total of 7 combat damage to its blockers and or the player/planeswalker its attacking. So yes, one attack can deal 17 damage, though at most only 11 can hit the same player/planeswalker/creature.
Since Drakuseth, Maw of Flame is listed as a 7/7 creature is the 4/3/3 damage from his ability in addition to his 7 power or instead of the 7? In other words if Drakuseth is attacking me unblocked does he do 7 damage to the die, 4 damage to creature #1, 3 damage to creature #2, and 3 damage to creature #3? Is it a potential of 17 total damage? Or is it a max of 10 spread out as 4 damage to the die, 3 damage to creature #1 and 3 damage to creature #2?
Thanks for any clarity on this.
I moved your post to its own new thread. In the future, please create a new thread for new questions rather than hijacking an existing thread about the same card. -MadMage
So you can deal at most with one attack, first 4 damage to any target and 3 damage each to up to two other targets (none of that is combat damage; those targets can be players, planeswalkers, or creatures), then later in the combat damage step Drakuseth deals another total of 7 combat damage to its blockers and or the player/planeswalker its attacking. So yes, one attack can deal 17 damage, though at most only 11 can hit the same player/planeswalker/creature.
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