Choking Vines is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official 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.)
How it works : Choking Vines
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You may target a blocked creature with Choking Vines. Choking Vines will deal 1 damage to it, and have no other effect on it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You can declare zero targets, with X=0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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