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Daniel W. Johnson

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From: panop...@iquest.net (Daniel W. Johnson)

Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 16:21:41 -0400

Local: Sat, May 17 2008 4:21 pm

Subject: Re: A destroyed attacker

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Lucraneo <lucra...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I attack with a creature, and my opponent destroys my attacker
> with, let's say, an instant. Do my creature's attack points still go
> through? Or does my attacker go straight to the graveyard, do not
> pass go?

"attack points"?

If it is destroyed, it is no longer a creature, much less an attacking
creature. If it's not an attacking (or blocking) creature when the
combat damage step begins, it doesn't get to assign combat damage.
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