I know it's banned and its because of these technicalities but I want a banding deck anyway.
What happens if I attack and band a flying creature with a non flyer? can it be blocked?
Same for trample if I attack one has banding trample but the other not and they are blocked then what happens to the non trample creature?
P.S. can a band be blocked by only one creature?
It's not as confusing as some make it out to be. Your trample creature will assign damage as normal, and so will your non-trampling creature. As for flying (and similar abilities), blocking any creature in a band blocks the whole band. It forces the opponent to block groups of creatures, and the attackers decides how the blocking creatures assign their damage.
If my trample creature gets through with its trample does my non-trample creature get through as well?
Quote from: Fricker13 on June 27, 2013, 12:52:54 AM
If my trample creature gets through with its trample does my non-trample creature get through as well?
No. Banding does not cause creatures to share any abilities. Additionally, if one creature in the band is blocked, all creatures in that band are blocked.
It's just dumb, you would be better playing {Concerted Effort}
So if the defending player has a huge Deathtouch creature, can he choose to deal 1 damage to each creature in the band. Technically that is assigning lethal damage.
what happens if something bands with a creature with defender and the band attacks?
Quote from: The1337Magician on June 27, 2013, 09:42:48 AM
So if the defending player has a huge Deathtouch creature, can he choose to deal 1 damage to each creature in the band. Technically that is assigning lethal damage.
Actually the point of banding is to assign damage to a band as though you always have priority. Therefore YES, you could distribute the death touch damage this way as a blocker if you band. If the attacker is banding then he chooses the distribution of damage, most likely putting all the death touch damage and more on just one creature.
Banding is not banned. (no pun intended.)
Quote from: The1337Magician on June 27, 2013, 09:42:48 AM
So if the defending player has a huge Deathtouch creature, can he choose to deal 1 damage to each creature in the band. Technically that is assigning lethal damage.
The player with the banding creatures assigns damage done to his creatures. Thus, if your 4 1/1 creatures band together with a 4/4 and are blocked by an 8/8 with death touch, you can assign all 8 of the defending creatures damage to a 1/1 and none of it to any of the other creatures.
As far as defending, I'd like a ruling on this scenario: opponent attacks with an 8/8 trample and you block with a 0/1 and a 1/1 banding. Can you assign all damage to the 0/1 and not receive the trample damage?