<p>In the declare blockers step, the attacker must specify the order of the blocking creatures.  </p>

<p>What that means, in the scope of your question, is that the owner of the 5/5 creature must declare which of your 4/4s he is going to deal damage to first.  As such, you have a pretty good idea which creature you want to regenerate: the one the attacker put first into the firing line!  Unless something else happens, that creature will take 4 damage and be regenerated, the other creature will take 1 damage, and both your blockers will survive.</p>

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<p>I'm aware of <a href="https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4546/how-does-regeneration-work-in-magic-the-gathering">this question</a> about regeneration, which covers <em>almost</em> everything about it, but the focus of that question was on instants such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bShock%5d">Shock</a> or <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDoom%20Blade%5d">Doom Blade</a>. My question is different and wasn't answered by that post.</p>

<p>If I block a 5/5 creature with two 4/4 creatures that both have a regeneration ability, but I only have enough mana to regenerate <em>one</em> of my creatures, can I regenerate after my opponent has assigned lethal damage to one of my creatures?</p>

<p>Does the creature immediately die from lethal damage since I can't predict where said damage will go (and therefore can't activate the shield beforehand), or can I still regenerate it?</p>

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2012-03-06T20:54:04.210Z
possible duplicate of [How does regeneration work in Magic the Gathering?](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4546/how-does-regeneration-work-in-magic-the-gathering)
ghoppe
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2012-03-06T20:54:32.773Z
See the accepted answer in that duplicate question where it states *The only condition is that the regeneration has to happen before the destruction effect.* Combat damage no longer uses the stack.
ghoppe
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2012-03-06T20:57:58.400Z
See also: http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/6047/when-must-an-instant-be-played-that-prevents-damage
ghoppe
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@ghoppe see also the first sentence in my post.
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Regeneration specifics: activation of the ability in combat
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# Regeneration specifics: activation of the ability in combat

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-06)

I'm aware of [this question](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4546/how-does-regeneration-work-in-magic-the-gathering) about regeneration, which covers *almost* everything about it, but the focus of that question was on instants such as [Shock](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bShock%5d) or [Doom Blade](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDoom%20Blade%5d). My question is different and wasn't answered by that post.

If I block a 5/5 creature with two 4/4 creatures that both have a regeneration ability, but I only have enough mana to regenerate *one* of my creatures, can I regenerate after my opponent has assigned lethal damage to one of my creatures?

Does the creature immediately die from lethal damage since I can't predict where said damage will go (and therefore can't activate the shield beforehand), or can I still regenerate it?

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering, mtg-regenerate

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: possible duplicate of [How does regeneration work in Magic the Gathering?](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4546/how-does-regeneration-work-in-magic-the-gathering)  
> **username_1**: See the accepted answer in that duplicate question where it states *The only condition is that the regeneration has to happen before the destruction effect.* Combat damage no longer uses the stack.  
> **username_1**: See also: http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/6047/when-must-an-instant-be-played-that-prevents-damage  
> **username_0**: @username_1 see also the first sentence in my post.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-03-06. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

In the declare blockers step, the attacker must specify the order of the blocking creatures.

What that means, in the scope of your question, is that the owner of the 5/5 creature must declare which of your 4/4s he is going to deal damage to first. As such, you have a pretty good idea which creature you want to regenerate: the one the attacker put first into the firing line! Unless something else happens, that creature will take 4 damage and be regenerated, the other creature will take 1 damage, and both your blockers will survive.


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