glissa sunslayer
When opponent uses Glissa to block with multiple creatures and I assign Glissa to be last in line to be fought, it will jump the line and attack first instakilling my creature with first strike deathtouch. I have had 2 games where I assigned 2 blocking creatures in front of Glissa, ie llanowar loamspeaker, reclusive taxidermist, glissa sunslayer in that order against my defiler of vigor and for whatever reason the game will put Glissa damage first even though she is last in line of defenders. That is definitely not working as intended because her first strike should only apply in line like other cards.
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[Deleted User] commented
With deathtouch, any amount of damage is lethal. And this is taken into account for damage assignment. Meaning, Glissa only needs to assign 1 damage to a blocker to get to the next in line. In combination with first strike, it takes at least 4 creatures (without first or double strike) to even get some creature to deal combat damage to Glissa.
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. -
SirKlayton#94119 commented
Sunslayer has first stirke and deathtouch. However, it is only power 3! Yet when blocked by any number of cards, all with toughness 3 or higher, it kills all cards with first strike death touch, EVEN THOUGH it is not doing damage to any cards after the first one. This is complete violation of deathtouch, as the other cards are NOT taking damage.
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[Deleted User] commented
First strike means, Glissa gets to deal combat damage in the first combat damage step. You attackers don't have first or double strike, so they don't get to deal combat damage during that step. It doesn't matter where in the line you put Glissa, she strikes first. The line is only relevant for your creatures, the order in which they deal damage to the opposing creatures. Youi cannot circumvent first strike with it.