Let's say a 3/3 creature with double strike, trample and deathtouch attacks, and a 0/10 creature with indestructible blocks. During the first strike combat damage step, 1 damage is assigned to the blocker, the rest to the defending player.
Question: Is the 1 damage that's marked on the blocking creature considered lethal? In other words, do i have to assign (at least) 1 damage again during the second combat damage step?
I assume the relevant rule is:
702.2c Any nonzero amount of combat damage assigned to a creature by a source with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage for the purposes of determining if a proposed combat damage assignment is valid, regardless of that creature’s toughness. See rules 510.1c–d.
From this, i can see that damage from sources with deathtouch that's assigned to a creature is considered lethal, but i don't see anything of the sort about damage that's marked on a creature. Therefore, i believe the existing marked damage isn't considered lethal. Am i correct?
Edited Grigory Startsev (Dec. 15, 2017 05:32:25 AM)