Built a feather edh, and being able to reflect damage sounds like a fun way to defend. But I'm not entirely sure how Kor Chant works. Does it reflect damage equal to my toughness or equal to the enemy's power? Does it prevent trample?
Kor Chant affects all damage (not just combat damage) that a source of "your choice" would deal to the first targeted creature. That damage is dealt to the second targeted creature instead.
Kor Chant's effect doesn't change how combat damage is assigned (as trample does [C.R. 702.19]); effects that would affect the damage a creature would deal, such as Kor Chant's, don't change the amount of combat damage creatures assign (C.R. 510.1c-d apply generally and C.R. 702.19b applies to trample). Therefore, creatures assign combat damage without regard to Kor Chant; thus, for example, Kor Chant doesn't change how a creature with trample assigns combat damage to the first targeted creature for that spell. See also this thread.
Take the following scenario:
In a two-player game, your opponent has attacked you with Titanic Bulvox, a 7/4 creature with trample and no damage marked on it.
You block with two creatures: Grizzly Bears and Runeclaw Bear, both 2/2 creatures with no abilities and no damage marked on them.
Your opponent passes.
You cast Kor Chant, targeting Grizzly Bears (as the first targeted creature) and Runeclaw Bear (as the second targeted creature).
All players pass, then Kor Chant resolves. You choose Titanic Bulvox as the source. Now, all damage Titanic Bulvox would deal to Grizzly Bears this turn is dealt to Runeclaw Bear instead.
All players pass, then the combat damage step begins. Your opponent assigns 2 damage each to Grizzly Bears and Runeclaw Bear, and 3 damage to you (C.R. 702.19b, 510.1); Kor Chant doesn't affect this damage assignment. Meanwhile, Grizzly Bears and Runeclaw Bear each assign 2 damage to Titanic Bulvox (C.R. 510.1, 510.1a).
The combat damage is dealt (C.R. 510.1). Titanic Bulvox deals 4 damage to Runeclaw Bear and none to Grizzly Bears (C.R. 614.6), and 3 damage to you, while Grizzly Bears and Runeclaw Bear each deal 2 damage to Titanic Bulvox.
Titanic Bulvox and Runeclaw Bear have been dealt lethal damage and are destroyed, while Grizzly Bears survives (C.R. 510.3, 116.5, 704.5f).
So Kor Chant has two targets, a creature you control and any creature, player, or planeswalker. When it resolves, for the rest of the turn, damage that would be dealt to the first target is basically just "moved" to the second target - the damage has the same source and therefore the same properties. Assume, for example, you block a Scourge Servant with a Grizzly Bears and target the Bears and an opponent's Serra Angel with Kor Chant; in the combat damage step, the Servant deals its combat damage to the Angel rather than the Bears, and since it has infect, the damage is dealt in the form of -1/-1 counters.
EDIT: It is apparently too early to read cards; I thought it said just "another target".
So Kor Chant has two targets, a creature you control and any creature, player, or planeswalker. When it resolves, for the rest of the turn, damage that would be dealt to the first target is basically just "moved" to the second target - the damage has the same source and therefore the same properties. Assume, for example, you block a Scourge Servant with a Grizzly Bears and target the Bears and an opponent with Kor Chant; in the combat damage step, the Servant deals its combat damage to your opponent rather than the Bears, and since it has infect, the damage is dealt in the form of poison counters.
Neither target of Kor Chant can be a player (compare Kor Chant with Harm's Way [C.R. 114.4, 108.1]) (C.R. 114.1a).
So Kor Chant has two targets, a creature you control and any creature, player, or planeswalker. When it resolves, for the rest of the turn, damage that would be dealt to the first target is basically just "moved" to the second target - the damage has the same source and therefore the same properties. Assume, for example, you block a Scourge Servant with a Grizzly Bears and target the Bears and an opponent with Kor Chant; in the combat damage step, the Servant deals its combat damage to your opponent rather than the Bears, and since it has infect, the damage is dealt in the form of poison counters.
Has the card received an errata? Because it says:
All damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead.
I would think that you can't redirect the damage to a players or planeswalkers. It redirects all damage the first target you control would received to the second target creature.
Example 3 (@void_nothings example): Your 1/1 Soldier token blocks a Necroskitter. You cast Kor Chant. First target your Soldier token second target Necroskitter. Your 1/1 Soldier token would received 1 Damage from Necroskitter but that damage is dealt to Necroskitter instead. So your token doesn't get any damage and Necroskitter receives 1 damage from the token and a -1/-1 counter from himself because of Wither.
Notes:
1. You can redirect the damage to a creature you control but you don't have to. Boros Reckoner could be the reason why you want to redirect the damage to your own creature.
2. Creatures applies the whole power as damage even if the receiving creature have lower toughness. Trample is the exception because your opponent can assign the damage.
3. You don't redirect damage if no damage is dealt to the first target. Maybe because of first strike or other shenanigans.
Is damage received limited to the toughness of my creature or to the power of the opposition?
If I have a 2/2 blocker, blocking a 10/10, can I reflect 10 or 2?
Based on the trample example I'm guessing its limited to my toughness?
Kor Chant's effect will have all the damage the chosen source would deal to the first targeted creature this turn be dealt to the second targeted creature instead, even if that damage is greater than the first targeted creature's toughness.
For example, in the scenario in comment 2, say Titanic Bulvox assigns 4 damage to Grizzly Bears rather than 2 (and assigns 1 damage to you rather than 3) (the trample rules allow this damage assignment [C.R. 702.19b]). In that case, all 4 of that damage that would be dealt to Grizzly Bears, not just 2 of it, will be dealt to Runeclaw Bear instead.
Kor Chant's effect doesn't change how combat damage is assigned (as trample does [C.R. 702.19]); effects that would affect the damage a creature would deal, such as Kor Chant's, don't change the amount of combat damage creatures assign (C.R. 510.1c-d apply generally and C.R. 702.19b applies to trample). Therefore, creatures assign combat damage without regard to Kor Chant; thus, for example, Kor Chant doesn't change how a creature with trample assigns combat damage to the first targeted creature for that spell. See also this thread.
Take the following scenario:
player, or planeswalker. When it resolves, for the rest of the turn, damage that would be dealt to the first target is basically just "moved" to the second target - the damage has the same source and therefore the same properties. Assume, for example, you block a Scourge Servant with a Grizzly Bears and target the Bears and an opponent's Serra Angel with Kor Chant; in the combat damage step, the Servant deals its combat damage to the Angel rather than the Bears, and since it has infect, the damage is dealt in the form of -1/-1 counters.EDIT: It is apparently too early to read cards; I thought it said just "another target".
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I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Is damage received limited to the toughness of my creature or to the power of the opposition?
If I have a 2/2 blocker, blocking a 10/10, can I reflect 10 or 2?
Based on the trample example I'm guessing its limited to my toughness?
Has the card received an errata? Because it says:
All damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead.
I would think that you can't redirect the damage to a players or planeswalkers. It redirects all damage the first target you control would received to the second target creature.
Example 1: Your 1/1 Soldier token blocks a Flameborn Hellion. You cast Kor Chant. First target your Soldier token second target Flameborn Hellion. Your 1/1 Soldier would received 5 Damage from the Flameborn Hellion but that damage is dealt to Flameborn Hellion instead. So your token doesn't get any damage and 6 damage is dealt to Flameborn Hellion.
Example 2 (@peteroupc example): Your 1/1 Soldier token blocks a Charging Monstrosaur. You cast Kor Chant. First target your Soldier token second target Charging Monstrosaur. Your 1/1 Soldier would received 1 Damage (because of how trample works) from Charging Monstrosaur but that damage is dealt to Charging Monstrosaur instead. So your token doesn't get any damage and 2 damage is dealt to Charging Monstrosaur while you lose 4 life.
Example 3 (@void_nothings example): Your 1/1 Soldier token blocks a Necroskitter. You cast Kor Chant. First target your Soldier token second target Necroskitter. Your 1/1 Soldier token would received 1 Damage from Necroskitter but that damage is dealt to Necroskitter instead. So your token doesn't get any damage and Necroskitter receives 1 damage from the token and a -1/-1 counter from himself because of Wither.
Notes:
1. You can redirect the damage to a creature you control but you don't have to. Boros Reckoner could be the reason why you want to redirect the damage to your own creature.
2. Creatures applies the whole power as damage even if the receiving creature have lower toughness. Trample is the exception because your opponent can assign the damage.
3. You don't redirect damage if no damage is dealt to the first target. Maybe because of first strike or other shenanigans.
This si how I understand the card at least.
Kor Chant's effect will have all the damage the chosen source would deal to the first targeted creature this turn be dealt to the second targeted creature instead, even if that damage is greater than the first targeted creature's toughness.
For example, in the scenario in comment 2, say Titanic Bulvox assigns 4 damage to Grizzly Bears rather than 2 (and assigns 1 damage to you rather than 3) (the trample rules allow this damage assignment [C.R. 702.19b]). In that case, all 4 of that damage that would be dealt to Grizzly Bears, not just 2 of it, will be dealt to Runeclaw Bear instead.