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Got cha. Thanks for the response btw
And just clarifying, you can't blink after damage calculations but before death

How does trample go thru if no damage was done?
And yes, it was a long post lol =\

First off, hello! I'm new here and also new to mtg. I have a basic rule question.
From what I understand from an example battle calculation:
Attacker declared 2/1
Defender declared to defend attacking creature 3/4
Attacker declares "destroy target defending creature" before damage calculations are done.
Defender dies and attacker swings at place where defender was and hits nothing. No damage is dealt to creature (which is already dead) and no damage to defending player.
Similar to me saying I'm going to swing a bat at you, someone else steps up in your defense to take the blow, right as I am about to hit your defender someone shoots them in the head and kills them, and then my swing hits nothing.
Given that this is true, when I'm attacked, can I declare a defender and before damage calculations are done I blink my creature away, your creature swings and hits nothing (dealin no damage) and my creature comes back unharmed.

Furthering that, if said attacker has trample or lifelink for that matter, since no actual damage was done, the secondary effects would not go thru. Now say my creature had death touch and I defend with it. Can I place damage counters (to give death touch effect) and then blink it away before damage counters are resolved to remove lethal damage and save creature?