<\/p> might not be all that well appreciated. When a creature with 0 power attacks and is blocked, or blocks, or gets into a fight, the game translates \u201cwould deal 0 damage\u201d as \u201cwon\u2019t deal damage at all.\u201d Because no damage is dealt, abilities like deathtouch that modify the results of damage have no effect, and your end result is a very sad (and probably very dead) Bird.<\/p>\n
However, giving a 0-power creature deathtouch can have an effect if the creature has some alternate means of doing damage…check back in on Wednesday (aka, later today) to find out how!<\/p>\n
Today’s Rules Tip written by Jen Wong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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