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Thorn Elemental

Card Name

Thorn Elemental

Mana Cost

5

Type

Creature – Elemental

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

You may have Thorn Elemental assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Flavor Text

The first law of Yavimaya is that guests may kill only to survive. As fires aren't needed in the warm weather, cutting trees for wood means death.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(4/27/2018)
You can decide to assign damage to the defending player or planeswalker even if the blocking creature has protection from green or damage preventing effects on it.
(4/27/2018)
When assigning combat damage, you choose whether you want to assign all damage to blocking creatures, or if you want to assign all of it to the player or planeswalker this creature is attacking. You can't split the damage assignment between them.
(4/27/2018)
If blocked by a creature with banding, the defending player decides whether or not the damage is assigned "as though it weren't blocked".