1.) Opponent attacks and I declare a blocker, before damage occurs I sacrifice the creature to trigger some other ability...does my opponents creature's damage still go through?
2.) Can you tap a summoning sick creature? (not for abilities but if I cast a spell causing it to tap)
3.)Is there a ruling where during a match you can discard cards or pay life or something (not sure) to draw cards? Apparently at the Avacyn Restored prerelease some were drawing cards in the middle of a match doing such a thing.
1. Yes you can do this and the damage is still blocked. However it will not work when blocking a creature with trample.
2. Indeed you can. If a spell/ability you play says to tap X permenants then by all means, if it's a permenant tap away.
3. There is no ruling I can think of. (I'm by no means a comprehensive knowledge base on the rules)
There are many cards that do allow you discard your cards/hand and draw more.
{dangerous wager} is one from avr.
As with every part of mtg, follow the rules until a card tells you to do otherwise.
Quote from: Indiana Brones on May 14, 2012, 02:52:41 AM
1.) Opponent attacks and I declare a blocker, before damage occurs I sacrifice the creature to trigger some other ability...does my opponents creature's damage still go through?
Only if the attacking creature has Trample, otherwise the damage is prevented.
2.) Can you tap a summoning sick creature? (not for abilities but if I cast a spell causing it to tap)
Yes, summoning sickness is a limitation of a creature from tapping by its own ability (tapping activated abilities or attacking).
3.)Is there a ruling where during a match you can discard cards or pay life or something (not sure) to draw cards? Apparently at the Avacyn Restored prerelease some were drawing cards in the middle of a match doing such a thing.
Pretty sure there is no way to "recycle" your cards unless there is a card in play that allows such action.
Definately not a rule that lets you draw cards at the expense of life or cards in hand, maybe there was a planeswalkers in play, or {desolate lighthouse} if it appeared that they drew cards for nothing but a discard.
2. You can't tap a creature to pay for an ability with a tap symbol ({Nephalia Smuggler}) if it has summoning sickness, but you can tap it to pay a cost that doesn't use the tap symbol. For example, a spider with summoning sickness can be used for {Arachnus Spinner}'s ability, including the spinner itself. Same goes for {Burn at the Stake}.