<p>When you're assigning the damage that will be dealt by your Primeval Titan, you have to deal lethal damage to each blocking creature before you can deal any damage to the defending player. Normally, "lethal damage" means the defending creature's toughness minus whatever other damage it's already taken that turn. But if the creature dealing the damage (here, your Titan) has deathtouch, "lethal damage" is 1. Period. So your Titan has to deal 1 damage to your opponent's Titan. The rest (5) can then be assigned to the defending player. (It doesn't have to, though - you can still assign any amount of damage to your opponent's Titan if you want to.)</p>

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2012-06-13T20:55:32.113Z
2012-06-13T20:55:32.113Z
David Z
<p>If I attack with a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Primeval%20Titan">Primeval Titan</a> (6/6 Trample) that has <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Necrobite">Necrobite</a> (Deathtouch), what happens if my opponent blocks with another <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Primeval%20Titan">Primeval Titan</a>?</p>

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# Trample + Deathtouch

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-13)

If I attack with a [Primeval Titan](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Primeval%20Titan) (6/6 Trample) that has [Necrobite](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Necrobite) (Deathtouch), what happens if my opponent blocks with another [Primeval Titan](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Primeval%20Titan)?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-13. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

When you're assigning the damage that will be dealt by your Primeval Titan, you have to deal lethal damage to each blocking creature before you can deal any damage to the defending player. Normally, "lethal damage" means the defending creature's toughness minus whatever other damage it's already taken that turn. But if the creature dealing the damage (here, your Titan) has deathtouch, "lethal damage" is 1. Period. So your Titan has to deal 1 damage to your opponent's Titan. The rest (5) can then be assigned to the defending player. (It doesn't have to, though - you can still assign any amount of damage to your opponent's Titan if you want to.)


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