Does Deathtouch work with blocking?

If a creature with deathtouch blocks or is blocked by multiple creatures, everything works exactly the same way with one exception: assigning even 1 of that creature’s damage to a creature is considered to be lethal damage.

Can you split Deathtouch damage?

When it comes time to assign combat damage, a player can divide damage from a creature with deathtouch as he or she chooses among any of the creatures blocking or blocked by it.

Does Deathtouch work with pinging?

Deathtouch Pingers combines deathtouch with the ability to ping something for one damage. Cards like Fire Whip can give any creature the ability to ping, and since creatures with deathtouch kill whatever creature they do at least one damage to…

Does double strike negate Deathtouch?

Creatures with deathtouch deal damage during the regular combat damage step. Fortunately, if you block a creature with deathtouch with a creature with first strike or double strike, your creature will deal damage during the first strike damage step, before the deathtouch creature can return fire.

Can you give a Planeswalker Deathtouch?

Planeswalkers that are not also creatures have no interaction with Deathtouch. They just take damage and lose loyalty counters as normal. Planeswalkers are never treated as creatures, and they are never treated as players.

Does Dolmen Gate stop Deathtouch?

Dolmen Gate only prevents damage to your attacking creatures, not your blocking creatures. No damage is prevented here. An attacking creature would survive being blocked by a creature with deathtouch since the creature with deathtouch doesn’t deal any damage.

Does Hexproof stop Deathtouch?

No it doesn’t. Deathtouch on a creature just means that if that creature deals damage to another creature, be it combat or non-combat, that the creature dealt damage will be destroyed. The deathtouch ability doesn’t target anything so hexproof will not save a creature dealt damage with deathtouch.