Hi, I have a Nethroi, Apex of Death mutated on top of an Adorned Pouncer. Opponent attacks with Ghalta, Primal Hunger. Block with Nethroi. Do I take damage from trample, or is Ghalta killed by the double strike + death touch and Nethroi survive?
During the first combat damage step, the attacking Ghalta would not assign or deal damage, and the blocking Nethroi would assign and deal 5 damage to Ghalta. Ghalta would then be destroyed.
702.2b A creature with toughness greater than 0 that’s been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked is destroyed as a state-based action. See rule 704.
506.4. A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it’s a planeswalker that’s being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it’s an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.15) or stops being a creature. A creature that’s removed from combat stops being an attacking, blocking, blocked, and/or unblocked creature. A planeswalker that’s removed from combat stops being attacked.
During the second combat damage step, there is no attacking creature, and the blocking Nethroi would have nowhere to assign/deal combat damage. Therefore, there is no combat damage during that step.
510. Combat Damage Step
510.1. First, the active player announces how each attacking creature assigns its combat damage, then the defending player announces how each blocking creature assigns its combat damage. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack. A player assigns a creature’s combat damage according to the following rules:
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During the second combat damage step, there is no attacking creature, and the blocking Nethroi would have nowhere to assign/deal combat damage. Therefore, there is no combat damage during that step.
double strike + deathtouch is a strong combination.
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