What happens if my opponent has 2/2 creature with death touch blocks my Phyrexian Obliterator?
Obviosuly Obliterator dies, but does my opponent still have to sacrifice 2 permanents? Does the blocking creature count as permanent or does Oblit's triggereed ability have priority?
If it is blocking your obliterator, it would deal all damage to the Obliterator, meaning they have to sacrifice 2 permanents.
Also, should be noted, if that creature was attacking and it had trample as well as deathtouch, and you blocked with the Obliterator, then they could deal 1 to the Obliterator and 1 to you.
Finally, the same goes for if you blocked the Obliterator with a Grave Titan. Even though it has 6 deathtouch damage, the controller of the Grave Titan would have to sacrifice 6 permanents (even though only 5 is necessary for lethal). It all depends on how much damage is dealt. In your case, 2 deathtouch damage is dealt.
Yes, your opponent will sacrifice 2 permanents. The blocking creature is in the graveyard by the time Phyrexian Obliterator's triggered ability resolves, though. So, they won't be able to choose their blocking creature as one of the sacrificed permanents.
Incidentally, priority doesn't have anything to do with the outcome here. What matters is that lethal damage causes their 2/2 creature to be put in the graveyard right after damage is dealt in the combat damage step, and definitely before the Obliterator's ability resolves.
What happens if my opponent has 2/2 creature with death touch blocks my Phyrexian Obliterator?
Obviosuly Obliterator dies, but does my opponent still have to sacrifice 2 permanents?
Yes. Your Obliterator sustained 2 damage.
Does the blocking creature count as permanent or does Oblit's triggereed ability have priority?
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. If you're asking whether your opponent can sacrifice the blocking creature as one of the two permanents, then no. State-based actions are performed immediately after combat damage is dealt, before any abilities that triggered from combat damage can be placed on the stack.
By the time the ability even goes on the stack, both the Obliterator and the creature blocking it will be in their owners' graveyard.
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Then that damage is marked on each creature. This triggers Phyrexian Obliterator's ability, but it doesn't go on the stack yet.
Then, state-based actions are checked, and both creatures are destroyed - one for marked damage > toughness and the other for damage from a deathtouch creature.
Then, the triggered ability is put on the stack. Both players pass priority, and the obliterator's trigger resolves. The 2/2's controller sacrifices 2 permanents, but can't sacrifice the 2/2 since it died in the previous paragraph.
A creature with Deathtouch has to deal damage in order for Deathtouch to actually do anything. So if you block with a Vampire Nighthawk, Nighthawk would deal 2 Damage to Obliterator and kill it because of deathtouch, and the obliterator would most likely deal 3 to the nighthawk and 2 to you. Nighthawk dealt 2 damage to the obliterator, so you will Sac 2 Permanents. Keep in mind that the sacrificing happens after all damage has been dealt. This means that your blocking creature is dead before you actually sacrifice the permanents. You cannot sacrifice your blocking creature to the Obliterators ability
Also, should be noted, if that creature was attacking and it had trample as well as deathtouch, and you blocked with the Obliterator, then they could deal 1 to the Obliterator and 1 to you.
So does this mean that no matter what the toughness of a blocking creature is, if an attacking creature has Trample and Death Touch, the attacker only needs to assign 1 damage to the blocking creature and the rest to the opponent?
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So is it correct to say that 3/1 Creature with Trample and Death Touch is blocked by a 6/6 creature with no special abilities, the attacker can assign 1 point of damage to the blocking creature and the other two damage tramples over to his opponent?
Obviosuly Obliterator dies, but does my opponent still have to sacrifice 2 permanents? Does the blocking creature count as permanent or does Oblit's triggereed ability have priority?
If it is blocking your obliterator, it would deal all damage to the Obliterator, meaning they have to sacrifice 2 permanents.
Also, should be noted, if that creature was attacking and it had trample as well as deathtouch, and you blocked with the Obliterator, then they could deal 1 to the Obliterator and 1 to you.
Finally, the same goes for if you blocked the Obliterator with a Grave Titan. Even though it has 6 deathtouch damage, the controller of the Grave Titan would have to sacrifice 6 permanents (even though only 5 is necessary for lethal). It all depends on how much damage is dealt. In your case, 2 deathtouch damage is dealt.
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Incidentally, priority doesn't have anything to do with the outcome here. What matters is that lethal damage causes their 2/2 creature to be put in the graveyard right after damage is dealt in the combat damage step, and definitely before the Obliterator's ability resolves.
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Yes. Your Obliterator sustained 2 damage.
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. If you're asking whether your opponent can sacrifice the blocking creature as one of the two permanents, then no. State-based actions are performed immediately after combat damage is dealt, before any abilities that triggered from combat damage can be placed on the stack.
By the time the ability even goes on the stack, both the Obliterator and the creature blocking it will be in their owners' graveyard.
Then that damage is marked on each creature. This triggers Phyrexian Obliterator's ability, but it doesn't go on the stack yet.
Then, state-based actions are checked, and both creatures are destroyed - one for marked damage > toughness and the other for damage from a deathtouch creature.
Then, the triggered ability is put on the stack. Both players pass priority, and the obliterator's trigger resolves. The 2/2's controller sacrifices 2 permanents, but can't sacrifice the 2/2 since it died in the previous paragraph.
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So does this mean that no matter what the toughness of a blocking creature is, if an attacking creature has Trample and Death Touch, the attacker only needs to assign 1 damage to the blocking creature and the rest to the opponent?
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So is it correct to say that 3/1 Creature with Trample and Death Touch is blocked by a 6/6 creature with no special abilities, the attacker can assign 1 point of damage to the blocking creature and the other two damage tramples over to his opponent?