<p>If you cast such an instant after declaring blockers, the following will happen:</p>

<p>Your creature A will fight creature C and they will both die. Creature B will still be blocked, and thus will not deal any damage to you unless it has trample.</p>

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2015-10-22T14:04:57.697Z
2015-10-22T14:04:57.697Z
Vilmar
<p>As the title says, can a blocking creature fight? If so, what happens if the blocking creature dies before damage is dealt? How would damage be dealt during combat?</p>

<p>Example: Creature A is a 2/2 and it is blocking creature B, which is also 2/2. Before combat damage, I cast an instant forcing creature A to fight creature C, another 2/2, so that both A and C die.</p>

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2015-10-22T18:16:25.513Z
It does not sound like fighting really has anything to do with the question at-hand; the question is about what happens if a blocking creature dies before combat damage is dealt.
GendoIkari
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2015-10-22T18:36:20.793Z
@Gendolkari The original question was *"Can a blocking creature fight? If so, what happens if it dies before damage is dealt?"* The revised question is *"What happens if it dies before damage is dealt?"* Part of the original question was lost in your edit, and so I added it back.
Rainbolt
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2015-10-22T19:04:40.053Z
Given the grammar/formatting, it was hard to know the intention, but I assumed (maybe incorrectly) that "fighting" in this case was simply the way in which the creature died. But as worded now, it really should be asked as 2 separate questions, and both of them should be closed as duplicates anyway.
GendoIkari
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2015-10-22T20:54:53.540Z
Agreed about the double-duplicate thing; the question definitely seemed to be "do fight and combat interact?" along with "what happens if a blocker goes away?" (That's what I was trying to suggest in my first comment; I just didn't vote initially because I didn't want to close it as a duplicate of only one question and hadn't found the best candidate for the other.)
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Can a blocking creature fight? How is damage dealt if it dies?
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# Can a blocking creature fight? How is damage dealt if it dies?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-22)

As the title says, can a blocking creature fight? If so, what happens if the blocking creature dies before damage is dealt? How would damage be dealt during combat?

Example: Creature A is a 2/2 and it is blocking creature B, which is also 2/2. Before combat damage, I cast an instant forcing creature A to fight creature C, another 2/2, so that both A and C die.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It does not sound like fighting really has anything to do with the question at-hand; the question is about what happens if a blocking creature dies before combat damage is dealt.  
> **username_2**: @Gendolkari The original question was *"Can a blocking creature fight? If so, what happens if it dies before damage is dealt?"* The revised question is *"What happens if it dies before damage is dealt?"* Part of the original question was lost in your edit, and so I added it back.  
> **username_1**: Given the grammar/formatting, it was hard to know the intention, but I assumed (maybe incorrectly) that "fighting" in this case was simply the way in which the creature died. But as worded now, it really should be asked as 2 separate questions, and both of them should be closed as duplicates anyway.  
> **username_3**: Agreed about the double-duplicate thing; the question definitely seemed to be "do fight and combat interact?" along with "what happens if a blocker goes away?" (That's what I was trying to suggest in my first comment; I just didn't vote initially because I didn't want to close it as a duplicate of only one question and hadn't found the best candidate for the other.)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2015-10-22. Score: 4

If you cast such an instant after declaring blockers, the following will happen:

Your creature A will fight creature C and they will both die. Creature B will still be blocked, and thus will not deal any damage to you unless it has trample.


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