Laccolith Whelp
Creature — Beast
Whenever Laccolith Whelp becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Whelp assigns no combat damage this turn.
1/1Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04:
The ability is optional. You can decide to allow it to deal combat damage as normal.
- 2004-10-04:
The ability triggers even if a spell or ability makes it blocked, instead of being blocked by a creature.
- 2004-10-04:
It can target any creature on the battlefield, not just one of the ones blocking it.
- 2004-10-04:
The ability allows you to deal damage during the declare blockers step of combat, which is well before even first strike creatures deal damage.