Choking Vines

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Commander	Legal
Duel	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Paupercommander	Legal
Predh	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Vintage	Legal


Card Set	Weatherlight
Card Type	Instant
Rarity	Common
Mana Cost
Card Text	Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step. X target attacking creatures become blocked. Choking Vines deals 1 damage to each of those creatures. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)
Card Number	#123
Artist	Ted Naifeh
Card Languages	English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish
Frame Version	1997
Border Color	Black
EDHREC Rank	21565
Has Foil?	No
Reprint?	No
Is Promo?	No
Oversized?	No
Joke Card?	No
In Starter?	No
Time Shifted?	No
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Card Rulings

2004-10-04

Choking Vines will make any creatures it targets become blocked, even if the creature had blocking restrictions on it. For example, you can make a creature with Islandwalk become blocked even if the defending player has Islands. This is because evasion abilities only prevent creatures from being assigned to block them.

2004-10-04

You can declare zero targets, with X=0.

2008-04-01

Choking Vines isn’t particularly effective against creatures with trample. Since the creature with trample has no blocker to assign damage to, all the damage will be assigned to the defending player.

2008-04-01

If a previously unblocked creature becomes blocked as a result of Choking Vines, any “When this creature becomes blocked” abilities that creature has will trigger. Any “When this creature becomes blocked by a creature” abilities that creature has won’t trigger.

2008-04-01

You may target a blocked creature with Choking Vines. Choking Vines will deal 1 damage to it, and have no other effect on it.