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Title: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 01:37:50 PM
So recently I was told that tapped creatures take no damage. Does that mean that you could attack with 1,000,000 100/100 creatures and I could just assign a {Defender of the Gateless} to block, tap the Defender and nothing happens? Where does the damage go? It seems too unfair.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Millionlittlee on September 23, 2013, 01:38:24 PM
this is a lie tapped creatures take damage
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 01:58:18 PM
Thank you! I thought that person was lying, it didn't make any sense to me either.

Also I found a page that says that tapped blockers do deal damage:
"Tapped Blockers
Tapped blockers now deal combat damage just like untapped blockers do; you can no longer tap a blocking creature to prevent its combat damage."

http://community.wizards.com/forum/faqs-and-reference/threads/1154021
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 02:22:38 PM
Quote from: Taysby on September 23, 2013, 02:20:30 PM
That's good to know.
Yeah, I know. They should have just simplified the whole thing and said blocking causes a creature to tap.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 02:28:18 PM
To Noblellama-Thanks but we figured it out, the guy was just lying to me and few other people agreed with him because they didn't realize the change in rules.

To Tasby-I realize that blocking not tapping has other benefits but if they were looking to simplify the game the best place would be to start right there and say "blocking causes you to tap".
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Double-O-Scotch on September 23, 2013, 02:45:23 PM
Blocking doesn't cause you to tap. Regenerating causes you to tap.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 02:58:40 PM
I realize that blocking doesn't cause tapping. I am saying that it should if they wanted to simplify the game.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Double-O-Scotch on September 23, 2013, 03:06:37 PM
I don't think it would simplify it at all...lol... But I play a lot of multiplayer and if that were the case, games would get pretty dumb, quickly😉
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Destore117 on September 23, 2013, 04:23:42 PM
Wait...tapped creatures may block?
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: TrollinOtter on September 23, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
No they can't unless u untapped them with an ability and yes they still take damage
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 07:39:04 PM
I asked MaRo on Blogatog, as of 6th Edition tapped creatures both give and receive damage while blocking.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 08:26:44 PM
Quote from: Noblellama on September 23, 2013, 08:02:46 PM
6th changed so many things...

I miss mana burn sometimes...
Its funny you say that because the other day my dad (who played from Alpha to Dissension) still didn't realize that mana burn was gone so he thought that some of the mana ramp cards were horrible.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: DylanW18 on September 23, 2013, 08:31:33 PM
I started in October last year lol tell me what mana burn is please :)
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 08:33:37 PM
Quote from: DylanW18 on September 23, 2013, 08:31:33 PM
I started in October last year lol tell me what mana burn is please :)
If there is unused mana in your mana pool, it deals damage to you
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: DylanW18 on September 23, 2013, 08:34:48 PM
That sounds terrible. Whyyyyy
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Destore117 on September 23, 2013, 08:38:29 PM
Well wait. Wouldn't mana burn be avoided if you just don't tap too many of your lands (which I think would be Noobish anyways since you spend your mana when you tap for it usually) why would you tap out when you can't use the mana? Right?
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on September 23, 2013, 08:44:32 PM
^^^ What he said. He also gave people a reason not to run Tron and crazy mana ramp like {Black Lotus}.
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: TrollinOtter on September 23, 2013, 09:01:33 PM
Ah BL one of the most expensive cards beside damnation
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Mlerner12 on September 24, 2013, 08:41:27 AM
Quote from: TrollinOtter on September 23, 2013, 09:01:33 PM
Ah BL one of the most expensive cards beside {damnation}
One of the?...
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Paraluke on September 24, 2013, 09:26:40 AM
And mana burn is one of the ways to not concede to your opponent but yet able to irritate your winning opponent. :D
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: rarehuntertay on September 24, 2013, 03:03:38 PM
I miss mana burn :( it added another level of strategy to the game...
Title: Re: Tapped Creatures take No Damage?
Post by: Double-O-Scotch on September 24, 2013, 03:48:02 PM
I played against a guy who hadn't played in years. I asked what he was playing. He said red burn. THE ENTIRE DECK was built on the mana burn mechanic. When I told him mana burn didn't exist anymore, he scooped cause he said there was no way for him to win realistically. It made us both kind of sad...