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Can a deathtouch creature split its damage 1-1-1 among blockers?

The rulebook defines deathtouch damage as lethal, and one forum answer applies it.

  • Magic: The Gathering rulebook · Rulebook · Common Keyword Abilities
  • Tompy · Community · 2012-01-10

Yes. With deathtouch, 1 damage is lethal, so an attacker may assign 1 to each blocker and kill all of them.

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