news | June 08, 2026

Can a flying creature block a non-flying?

See rule 702.9, “Flying.” 702.9a Flying is an evasion ability. 702.9b A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying.

What happens when you block with a flying creature?

If your creature has flying, and you block any creature (one with flying or not), both creatures take damage (assuming of course there are no other effects to prevent that damage).

Can a creature block after attacking?

After the attacking player declares attackers, the defending player chooses which creatures he or she will block with. A creature must be untapped in order for it to block. Unlike attacking, the act of blocking does not cause the blocking creatures to tap, and creatures with summoning sickness can block.

Can flying block trample?

All flying means to the rules is that a creature with flying cannot be blocked by a creature without flying. If you block all creatures that the opponent attacks with, and no attacking creatures have trample, then there would be no damage going through to the player.

Can a Planeswalker block flying?

Planeswalkers don’t block anything. They’re not creatures (barring some weird tricks involving multiple different effects) so they can’t be declared as blockers.

Can ram through target flying creatures?

Can Ram Through target a flying creature with a non-flying creature who does not have reach? The rulings on Ram Through say “If either creature is an illegal target as Ram Through tries to resolve, the creature you control won’t deal damage to any creature or player.” Which sounds like a no.

Does Deathtouch work on Hexproof?

No it doesn’t. Deathtouch on a creature just means that if that creature deals damage to another creature, be it combat or non-combat, that the creature dealt damage will be destroyed. The deathtouch ability doesn’t target anything so hexproof will not save a creature dealt damage with deathtouch.