So if you attack or block with a creature that has first strike, that card will deal damage first and will not take into consideration any damage being dealt by the opposing creature. If a creature is an illegal target for a resolving spell or ability that instructs it to fight, no damage is dealt.
First strike only works in combat, and Fight is not a combat ability. See the Comprehensive Rules: Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to the other creature.
Only a player or a planeswalker can be attacked. It continues to be an attacking creature, although it is attacking neither a player nor a planeswalker. It may be blocked. If it is unblocked, it will deal no combat damage. It may be cast only before or after the declare attackers step begins, regardless of whether any attackers are actually declared. See rule It may be cast only before or after the declare blockers step begins, regardless of whether any blockers are actually declared.
If a turn has multiple combat phases, such spells may be cast at an appropriate time during any of them. If a turn has multiple combat phases, such spells may be cast that turn only before or after the stated point of the first combat phase. Comprehensive Rules. Game Concepts. Parts of a Card. Turn Structure. Spells, Abilities, and Effects. Additional Rules. In this article, I look at what first strike does in MTG with examples, the best first strike cards in all colours, and cover a fabulous first strike deck that you can use to smash your opponent to pieces!
First strike is an ability that allows creatures to deal damage first and not sustain any damage. In a typical combat phase, both creatures deal and take damage simultaneously. First strike bends this rule and creates an additional combat step where only cards with first strike get to deal damage and then moves on to the next combat step.
This post may contain affiliate links to online stores. If you click a link and buy something, I may get a commission at no extra cost to you. See my affiliate disclosure. So the combat phase with first strike looks like this. A card with first strike will assign combat damage in the first combat damage step.
Then, if the opposing creature is not dead, the opposing creature will assign combat damage in the next step. So if you attack or block with a creature that has first strike, that card will deal damage first and will not take into consideration any damage being dealt by the opposing creature.
If two creatures have the same power and toughness, the creature with first strike will destroy the other before it has a change to hit back. In a normal combat step, because both creatures have equal toughness and power, they would both die. However, because my Sanguine Guard has first strike, it deals damage in the first combat step that first strike creates and destroys the Prismari Apprentice before it has a chance to deal damage to it.
As the first strike rules say, a card with first strike will apply combat damage in the initial combat damage step. For example, your opponent attacks with Sanguine Guard and you block with Generous Patron. The amount of damage that Sanguine Guard applies to your creature in the first combat step is not enough to defeat it, and it will block successfully.
In the next combat step, your card will not apply enough damage to destroy Sanguine Guard either. In this example, your opponent attacks with Sanguine Guard but you block with Terastodon. In the first combat step, Sanguine Guard will not apply enough damage to your creature to destroy it, and it will be blocked. In the next combat step, your Terastodon will apply enough combat damage to kill Sanguine Guard.
You can also use removal spells to destroy or get rid of a creature with First strike by using burn spells, destroy spells, or exile spells. Unless the card you want to remove also has other abilities such as Hexproof or Indestructible which protect it from such spells. Your email is only used for updates and email-based ad targetting. Ads keep this site free! Both cards damage each other simultaneously just like regular damage but it happens in the first combat step and not the second combat step.
It can get confusing when abilities start to pile up, for example, how first strike works against deathtouch. Deathtouch means a card like Hired Poisoner can kill a card like Terastodon.
However, things work a little bit differently when first strike comes into the equation. We now know that creatures with the First strike ability will apply damage first, and this is the case when it comes to creature cards with the deathtouch ability as well.
A card with deathtouch will apply combat damage even though it is lethal combat damage only in the second combat step if it is still alive.
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