Forsythe Announces Change to Deathtouch

by News | posted at 2010-06-29 13:22:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Aaron Forsythe, M11, Magic 2011, Deathtouch

Magic R&D head Aaron Forsythe announced in a surprise article Monday that Deathtouch would be receiving a dustup in definition and functionality with the impending release of Magic 2011. Describing the change Forsythe wrote:

"Starting with M11, deathtouch no longer ignores blocking order in situations involving multiple blockers. Additionally, you only need to assign a single point of damage from a creature with deathtouch to each blocker, which makes deathtouch a potent combination with trample. A 4/4 with trample and deathtouch can assign one damage to a blocking 8/8 and the other 3 damage to the defending player. The full FAQ entry for deathtouch appears below. Note that it's subject to changes before the final version of the FAQ is posted, and not all the cards in the examples appear in M11."

In explaining why they were making the switch the R&D guru called the decision process behind creating the Magic 2010 definition of Deathtouch "rushed" and "cobbled together."

Read the full article from Forsythe on DailyMTG.com here.

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