magic the gathering – Is there a way to block during your turn?

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I’m wondering if there’s a way to get Snarespinner to reduce the cost of Molten Monstrosity by {3}. We can assume opponent has a flying creature. The idea is that with [mystery card/ability], I can get Snarespinner to block opponent’s flying creature, and then cast Molten Monstrosity for {3} discount. I’m only interested in solutions where I cast Molten Monstrosity on my turn, at sorcery speed during one of my main phases.

Relevant text of cares:

Whenever Snarespinner blocks a creature with flying, Snarespinner gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

and

[Molten Monstrosity] costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Philip Kendall · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-24 14:48:58Z

I don’t think so. Comprehensive Rule (CR) 506.2 sets the defending player to be the non-active player:

506.2. […] During the combat phase of a two-player game, the nonactive player is the defending player.

and CR 509.1 allows only the defending player to declares blockers:

509.1. First, the defending player declares blockers.

Therefore you cannot declare a creature as a blocker during your turn.

(References are to the 2023-04-14 Comprehensive Rules).

Answer 2 · 2023-05-25 05:11:40Z

There are three cards that cause creatures (tokens or cards) to enter the battlefield blocking.
The commonality is that they all rely on creatures attacking you or creatures you control blocking. In other words, they all heavily check that you are not the active player.

It’s not out of the question that an Un-set could allow blocking on your turn, as you can attack outside your turn with Party Crasher.

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