How does Deathtouch work with trample?

A less brutal but much easier to construct combo is that of deathtouch and trample. The two together is quite nice: you only have to assign 1 damage to each creature blocking it before the rest goes to the opponent.

Does trample still work on Deathtouch?

As long as lethal damage is assigned to each blocking creature (in this case, 1 point with deathtouch), then the remaining damage can trample over.

Does first strike and Deathtouch stop trample?

The only way in which deathtouch would “prevent” trample is if the eldrazi had First Strike or Double Strike where it’d deal damage before the wurm. 702.2b Any nonzero amount of combat damage assigned to a creature by a source with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage, regardless of that creature’s toughness.

Does prevent all damage stop Deathtouch?

As we discussed a few weeks ago, protection does several things, such as preventing all damage from any source it has protection from. That means that deathtouch will not apply, as damage that is prevented is not considered dealt.

Does trample go through if creature dies?

Does Trample Go Through If My Creature Dies? If your creature dies in combat, the excess damage is still dealt to the defending player. However, if it is destroyed another way before it has dealt combat damage to the blocking creatures, no damage can be dealt at all.

Does Deathtouch cancel Deathtouch?

With the indestructible ability, a creature cannot be destroyed in the normal way with combat damage or by abilities that say ‘destroy’ on them. This disables deathtouch entirely, as even if a deathtouch creature deals damage, it’ll never be lethal to an indestructible creature.

Does trample apply to first strike?

In the first phase, only creatures with first strike and double strike deal damage, and in the second, only creatures without first strike deal damage. When a creature in combat has trample, all damage past what is necessary to deal lethal damage to all blockers is dealt directly to the defending player.

Does First Strike survive Deathtouch?

When your creature deals combat damage in the first strike damage step, it will kill its blocker because of deathtouch. The blocker won’t be around in the normal combat damage step to assign damage.

Does Dolmen Gate prevent Deathtouch?

Dolmen Gate only prevents damage to your attacking creatures, not your blocking creatures. No damage is prevented here. An attacking creature would survive being blocked by a creature with deathtouch since the creature with deathtouch doesn’t deal any damage.