=== Creature Ordering ==={{Infobox portals}}Creatures generally will fill the three On each player's turns, their creatures attack, and some number of them may become blocked by opposing creatures. A blocked creature trades damage with its blocker, potentially killing one or both of them. An unblocked creature slots in deals damage to the order they are castopposing Planeswalker.
=== Creature slots ===Each player has three creature slots. Their order is from bottom to top (the "first" slot is on the bottom). Both attacking and blocking relies on this creature slot order. Creatures generally fill the creature slots in the order they are cast. There are a few exceptions to this:* A creature with {{Ability|Defender}} reorders to the first slot that does not have a creature with {{Ability|Defender}} in it.* A creature with {{Ability|Reach}} reorders to the first slot that does not have a creature with {{Ability|Defender}} or {{Ability|Reach}} in it.* A creature with {{Ability|Vigilance}} reorders to the first slot that does not have a creature with {{Ability|Defender}}, {{Ability|Reach}}, or {{Ability|Vigilance}} in it.* A creature with {{Ability|Bravery}} moves to the first slot during combat on its controller's turn.* Temporary effects that grant or remove {{Ability|Defender}}, {{Ability|Reach}}, or {{Ability|Vigilance}} reorder a creature until that effect wears off, at which point, the order reverts using the rules above.
* Creatures with Defender will reorder to the first slot that does not have a creature with Defender in it. * Creatures with Reach will reorder to the first slot that does not have a creature with Defender or Reach in it.* Creatures with Vigilance will reorder to the first slot that does not have a creature with Defender, Reach, or Vigilance in it.* Temporary effects that grant Defender, Reach, or Vigilance will reorder a which gain control of opposing creatures can sometimes use creature until that effect wears off, at which point, the order will revert using the rules aboveslots beyond 3.
=== Attacking ===
Any enabled creature with a power greater than 0 will attack during the combat phase. The A player's creatures attack each turn in the order of the slot they are in. Generally, all creatures attack, however a creature doesn't attack if any of the following is true:* It was brought into play this turn and doesn't have {{Ability|Haste}}.* It is {{Ability|Disable|Disabled}}.* It has the {{Ability|Can't Attack}} ability.* It has a power of 0. Generally, an attacking creature always attacks the opposing Planeswalker, unless a blocker gets in its way. The exception is an attacking creature with {{Ability|Berserker}}, which attacks an opposing creature instead, forcing that creature to block it.* A {{Ability|Berserker}} with {{Ability|Flying}} attacks the first opposing creature, if any.* A {{Ability|Berskerer}} without {{Ability|Flying}} attacks the first opposing creature without {{Ability|Flying}}, if any.
=== Blocking ===
When a In general, an attacking creature gets blocked by the first non-{{Ability|Disable|Disabled}} opposing creature with one of the {{Ability|Defender}}, {{Ability|Reach}} or {{Ability|Vigilance}} abilities. However:* If the attacking creature has {{Ability|Unblockable}}, then it bypasses all blockers.* If the attacking creature attackshas {{Ability|Menace}}, then it bypasses blocking if there is only one opposing creature which could block it. (If more than one creature could block it, it's blocked as normal by the first eligible defending blocker.)* If the attacking creature. A has {{Ability|Flying}}, it can only be blocked by a defending creature is any creature having either {{Ability|Reach}}, or {{Ability|Flying}} combined with {{Ability|Defender, Reach }} or {{Ability|Vigilance}}.
* If the == When a creature has Unblockableis blocked ==In general, then it will bypass all blockers.* If the when a creature has Menaceis blocked, then it will bypass blocking if there trades damage with its blocker. That is only one defender, otherwise it will be blocked by the first defending attacking creature.* If deals damage equal to its power to its blocker, and the blocking creature has Flying, then deals damage equal to its power to the attacker. This can change depending on various [[Abilities]] of the defending creature must have Flying attacker or Reachthe blocker.
=== Trample ===An attacking creature with {{Ability|Trample }} can split its damage is applied after between a blocking creature and the opposing Planeswalker. Instead of applying all of its power as damage to the blocking creature, only enough damage is applied assigned to match the toughness of the defending creature. Any remaining damage is assigned to the opposing Planeswalker.
''For example'Example: ''' A creature with a toughness of 5 is hit by blocks a trampling creature with Trample and a power of 8, in this case, . 5 damage will be applied to the defending creature , and the remaining 3 damage will be applied to the defending Planeswalker.''
This is true The Planeswalker receives the excess damage even if that the blocking creature has {{Ability|Prevent Damage }} or other effects that keep it from dying when taking damage.
=== First Strike ===If either the attacker or blocker (or both) has {{Ability|First Strike}}, then the first strike damage occurs first, then there is a check for whether one of the two creatures in combat would die prior to the second creature applying any damage. If a creature without {{Ability|First Strike}} dies during the first strike attack phase, it doesn't retaliate: it does not damage the other creature, and if it has {{Ability|Deathtouch}}, the effect does not trigger.
=== Double Strike ==={{Ability|Double Strike }} applies damage in both the FIrst First Strike and normal Combat combat damage phases. In PuzzleQuest[[MtGPQ]], trample damage will apply applies to both the first and second strike with of a double strike creature, even if the defending creature would die from the initial First Strike damage. An attacking creature with Double Strike is not considered to attack twice per combat round; it attacks once, but deals damage twice.
=== Berserker ==={{Game concepts}}A creature with Berserker will "seek" to attack the first eligible creature that the defending player has, even if that creature does not have any defending skills. In this way, a flying creature with Berserker can attack a non-flying creature, but a non-flying creature cannot attack a flying one.[[Category:Guide]]
