Historical Rules · 16 January 2026
Rule 509.1a
Official source text from the 16 January 2026 Rules release
The defending player chooses which creatures they control, if any, will block. The chosen creatures must be untapped and they can’t also be battles. For each of the chosen creatures, the defending player chooses one creature for it to block that’s attacking that player, a planeswalker they control, or a battle they protect.