506. Combat Phase

Rules in this chapter

• 506.1 Combat Phase The combat phase has five steps, which proceed in order: beginning of combat, declare attackers, declare blockers, combat damage, and end of combat. The declare blockers and…
• 506.2 Combat Phase During the combat phase, the active player is the attacking player; creatures that player controls may attack. During the combat phase of a two-player game, the nonactive player…
• 506.3 Combat Phase Only a creature can attack or block. Only a player, a planeswalker, or a battle can be attacked.
• 506.4 Combat Phase A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller or protector changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if…
• 506.5 Combat Phase A creature attacks alone if it’s the only creature declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step. A creature is attacking alone if it’s attacking but no other…
• 506.6 Combat Phase A creature attacks a player alone if it’s declared as an attacker attacking a player during the declare attackers step and no other creature is declared as an attacker attacking…
• 506.7 Combat Phase Some abilities check to see whether or not a creature “had to attack” during a particular combat phase. A creature had to attack if one or more effects were requiring that…
• 506.8 Combat Phase Some spells state that they may be cast “only [before/after] [a particular point in the combat phase],” in which that point may be “attackers are declared,” “blockers are…