hows it going?
the wording on berserk is confusing to me.
when is it to late to cast it?
I attack my opponent with a creature, they say I'm not going to block,I take the damage.
then I can play berserk? or its already the combat damage step once they say they're not going to block?
but if that's the case, it almost seems like I have to play berserk before I declare attackers, but I know that cant be correct...
thanks
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The combat phase is divided into 5 steps : beginning, declare attackers, declare blockers, combat damage, end. The way these steps are structured, if a turn-based action, such as declaring attackers, declaring blockers or assigning and dealing combat damage, happens during one, it is the first thing that happens, then players can cast spells and activate abilities still during that step, and the game moves on to the next step only once all players have passed priority in succession on an empty stack. So because combat damage is the first thing that happens during the combat damage step, the latest time where you can cast an instant to pump a creature before it deals combat damage is during the declare blockers step, after blockers have been declared. This happens to also be the latest time where you can cast Berserk during a given turn, and that's probably what you want to do in order to have maximum information.
The reason why Berserk has this clause is because of its destroy effect: if it didn't have it, you could use it on an opponent's attacking creature after it has dealt combat damage, in order to destroy it without the power boost being relevant. They considered that would make it too good as a removal spell.
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the wording on berserk is confusing to me.
when is it to late to cast it?
I attack my opponent with a creature, they say I'm not going to block,I take the damage.
then I can play berserk? or its already the combat damage step once they say they're not going to block?
but if that's the case, it almost seems like I have to play berserk before I declare attackers, but I know that cant be correct...
thanks
The Precious
B___U___G___R___W
The reason why Berserk has this clause is because of its destroy effect: if it didn't have it, you could use it on an opponent's attacking creature after it has dealt combat damage, in order to destroy it without the power boost being relevant. They considered that would make it too good as a removal spell.
The Precious
B___U___G___R___W