In the absence of things like first strike that would make your opponent's creature deal damage before your creature would deal damage, yes. All combat damage is dealt simultaneously, so by the time your creature has its destruction replaced by the regeneration shield, it has already dealt its combat damage.
Ok thank you so much guys. That answered my question.
Ok now that's sounding like that if it were hit by lightning bolt and regenerated from that during say the declare blockers step, then the creature would NOT do combat damage. But if it had the regeneration shield on and would be destroyed during combat, then it still does combat damage? Am I correct?
Well my friend and I have been having a heated debate on whether regenerated creatures still deal combat damage because of one part of the reminder text in the regenerate ability. We now know that they indeed do, but he's still confused about one part of the rule text.
"701.11a If the effect of a resolving spell or ability regenerates a permanent, it creates a replacement effect that protects the permanent the next time it would be destroyed this turn. In this case, "Regenerate [permanent]" means "The next time [permanent] would be destroyed this turn, instead remove all damage marked on it and tap it. If it's an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat."
Basically he doesn't understand why it has the "remove it from combat" clause in the rules. I was thinking about it earlier, but I'd like a clarification as to why it's there. Is it to prevent cards like Divine Verdict from affecting the regenerated creature?
Ok thank you so much guys. That answered my question.
"701.11a If the effect of a resolving spell or ability regenerates a permanent, it creates a replacement effect that protects the permanent the next time it would be destroyed this turn. In this case, "Regenerate [permanent]" means "The next time [permanent] would be destroyed this turn, instead remove all damage marked on it and tap it. If it's an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat."
Basically he doesn't understand why it has the "remove it from combat" clause in the rules. I was thinking about it earlier, but I'd like a clarification as to why it's there. Is it to prevent cards like Divine Verdict from affecting the regenerated creature?