TYPE
Creature — Beast

ABILITY
Whenever Laccolith Whelp becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Whelp assigns no combat damage this turn.

POWER/TOUGHNESS
1/1

FLAVOR TEXT
They don't feed; they stoke.

ILLUSTRATOR
Dave Dorman

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP PT ZH-TW

RULINGS

• 2004-10-04 The ability allows you to deal damage during the declare blockers step of combat, which is well before even first strike creatures deal damage.
• 2004-10-04 The ability is optional. You can decide to allow it to deal combat damage as normal.
• 2004-10-04 It can target any creature on the battlefield, not just one of the ones blocking it.
• 2004-10-04 The ability triggers even if a spell or ability makes it blocked, instead of being blocked by a creature.