When your attacking creature is blocked by multiple creatures, you pick an order to assign damage. Your creature deals lethal damage to the first, then if there’s still damage left over, goes on to the second, and so on.

How does First Strike work with blockers?

First strike allows creatures to destroy any attacker or blocker with toughness less than or equal to their power without taking any damage. That means they can survive combat with creatures with deathtouch, and they can destroy creatures with lifelink before they deal damage, preventing opponents from gaining life.

Does first strike work with blocking?

First Strike is a static ability that creates an additional combat damage step at the start of combat damage. A creature that has first strike will deal its damage before a creature without first strike. For example if a 2/2 with first strike attacks and is blocked by a 2/2 without first strike.

How does damage work with multiple blockers?

If multiple creatures block the same attacker, the attacking player orders those blockers to show which is first in line for that attacker’s damage, which is second, and so on. If an attacker is blocked by multiple creatures, the attacking player can divide its combat damage among them.

Can you block one attacker with multiple creatures?

Each creature can only block a single attacker, but the defending player may choose to block an attacking creature with more than one creature. Both players are given a chance to cast instants and activate abilities after blockers have been declared.

What happens when you put a blocker in order?

Nope, nothing weird happens with blockers – they always assign damage equal to their power, no matter what order you’ve put them in. The order is just about dividing up your attacking creature’s damage. 510.1c A blocked creature assigns its combat damage to the creatures blocking it.

How does combat damage get divided up among multiple blockers?

It sounds like the thing you missed is that this is only talking about the blocked creature (the attacking creature) assigning its combat damage to the creatures that are blocking it – it’s an explanation of how that damage can get divided up among multiple blockers.

What happens if 1 / 5 and 1 / 1 have first strike?

In your first scenario, this changes nothing. If both the 1/5 and the 1/1 had first strike (or there was a 2/* with first strike amongst the blockers), the 4/2 would die before ever getting a chance to deal deal damage. I hope I managed to be clear.

What happens if you block with 6 1 / 1s?

From my reading of the rules, no creatures would die because blockers only assign damage if all creatures “in front” of them are assigned lethal damage. Therefore the 1/1 does not assign damage. (2) My opponent attacks with a 4/6, and I block with six 1/1s. What happens?