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Historical Rules · 30 September 2011

Rule 510.1

Official source text from the 30 September 2011 Rules release

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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