Rhox and Thorn Elemental

[thefiremind]

Just as a tip (mostly for those who didn't see the expansion challenges yet), I'm going to show you the code used for Rhox and Thorn Elemental:

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  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY forced_skip="1" filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY">
    <TRIGGER value="BLOCKING">
    return SecondaryObject() == Object()
    </TRIGGER>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    Object():GetPlayer():BeginNewMultipleChoice()   
    Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "CARD_QUERY_OPTION_COMBAT_DAMAGE_TO_PLAYER" )   
    Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "CARD_QUERY_OPTION_COMBAT_DAMAGE_TO_CREATURES" )   
    Object():GetPlayer():AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CARD_QUERY_MC_CHOOSE_DAMAGE_CREATURE_OR_PLAYER" )
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local decision = Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult()
    if decision == 0 then
       ObjectDC():Set_Int(0, 1)
    elseif decision == 1 then
       ObjectDC():Set_Int(0, 0)
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>
  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY internal="1" pre_trigger="1">
    <TRIGGER value="CREATURE_DEALS_COMBAT_DAMAGE_TO_CREATURE" simple_qualifier="self" />
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    if ObjectDC():Get_Int(0) == 1 then
       Damage():SetReceivingPlayer( SecondaryObject():GetPlayer() )
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

I think it has a flaw: if the creature is blocked by more than one creature, the question will be asked once for each blocking creature. It would have been better with a WAS_BLOCKED trigger. Maybe in the challenge they are always blocked by one creature at most, I haven't tried yet.

EDIT: Just tried, and it's not true! Those creatures can be blocked by any number of other creatures in that challenge... maybe not in the winning solution, but that would not be a good reason to let the card ask the same question over and over. The right trigger condition should be just:

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<TRIGGER value="WAS_BLOCKED" simple_qualifier="self" />