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Historical Rules · 8 March 2024

Rule 510.1

Official source text from the 8 March 2024 Rules release

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First, the active player announces how each attacking creature assigns its combat damage, then the defending player announces how each blocking creature assigns its combat damage. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack. A player assigns a creature’s combat damage according to the following rules:

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