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Turn Structure15 chapters

500General 501Beginning Phase 502Untap Step 503Upkeep Step 504Draw Step 505Main Phase 506Combat Phase 507Beginning of Combat Step 508Declare Attackers Step 509Declare Blockers Step 510Combat Damage Step 511End of Combat Step 512Ending Phase 513End Step 514Cleanup Step

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Turn Structure

15 chapters

509. Declare Blockers Step

4 chapters

509.1

First, the defending player declares blockers

509.2

Second, the active player gets priority

509.3

Triggered abilities that trigger on blockers being declared may have different trigger conditions.

509.4

If a creature is put onto the battlefield blocking, its controller chooses which attacking creature it’s blocking as it enters the battlefield (unless the effect that put it onto the battlefield specifies what it’s blocking). A creature put onto the battlefield this way is “blocking” but, for the purposes of trigger events and effects, it never “blocked.”