Rampage

From MTG Salvation Wiki

Rampage is a keyword ability that gives an attacking creature a bonus to its power and toughness when it is blocked by more than one creature. Rampage first appeared in Legends; the last tournament-legal set with it was Fifth Edition, until Craw Giant was reprinted as a timeshifted card in Time Spiral.

Rampage was viewed as a poor example of design, since players rarely use multiple creatures to block a single attacker if that creature doesn't have trample. Today, cards such as Gang of Elk and Beastmaster's Magemark use an updated, non-keyworded version of rampage that activates against a single blocker and grows from there.

From the Comprehensive Rules

502.12. Rampage
- 502.12a Rampage is a triggered ability. “Rampage N” means “Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +N/+N until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.” (See rule 309, “Declare Blockers Step.”)
- 502.12b The rampage bonus is calculated only once per combat, when the triggered ability resolves. Adding or removing blockers later in combat won’t change the bonus.
- 502.12c If a creature has multiple instances of rampage, each triggers separately.

Example

Craw Giant is blocked by three creatures, because it has Rampage 2, it gets +4/+4 until end of turn

[edit] Rulings

If a creature with rampage is blocked by a single creature, the ability triggers but provides no bonus.
The number of blocking creatures is determined when the ability resolves.