<p>No.</p>
<p>If a creature has been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked, that creature is destroyed. The damage itself leads to the destruction.</p>
<p>But that's not the case for <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stinkweed%20Imp">Stinkweed Imp</a>. Its damage does not leads to the destruction, a triggered ability eventually does. It must assign damage normally, so it must assign all three of its damage to the flyer.</p>
<p>Here's the key difference: One can respond to Stinkweed's Imp's ability. It can even be <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=46558" rel="noreferrer">countered</a>.</p>

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<p>Does <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stinkweed%20Imp">Stinkweed Imp</a> with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rancor">Rancor</a> get the extra trample damage if a 3/3 flyer blocks? Is Stinkweed's text is the same as an actual deathtouch?</p>

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Stinkweed Imp + Rancor and a flying 3/3 blocker
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# Stinkweed Imp + Rancor and a flying 3/3 blocker

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-11-12)

Does [Stinkweed Imp](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stinkweed%20Imp) with [Rancor](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rancor) get the extra trample damage if a 3/3 flyer blocks? Is Stinkweed's text is the same as an actual deathtouch?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-11-12. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

No.

If a creature has been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked, that creature is destroyed. The damage itself leads to the destruction.

But that's not the case for [Stinkweed Imp](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stinkweed%20Imp). Its damage does not leads to the destruction, a triggered ability eventually does. It must assign damage normally, so it must assign all three of its damage to the flyer.

Here's the key difference: One can respond to Stinkweed's Imp's ability. It can even be [countered](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=46558).


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