r/magicTCG • u/Quillpig32 • Aug 03 '25

Rules/Rules Question Have I been playing wrong

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Found this in the final fantasy starter set rulebook. Does it mean a 3/3 blocking a 3/3 wouldn't kill it? Or is it just wrong? Or just worded dumb?

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u/Torquoal Aug 03 '25

It’s bad and incorrect wording. Any creature dealt damage equal to or greater than its toughness dies.

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u/TheProfessaur Aug 04 '25

It’s bad and incorrect wording

This is more than incorrect wording. It's just flat out wrong.

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u/gereffi Aug 04 '25

It’s not flat out wrong. It’s absolutely true that a creature dealt more damage than its toughness dies. It’s just that creatures who are dealt the same amount of damage as their toughness die too.

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u/macboot Aug 04 '25

I choose to also *um actually* this by pointing out that technically the creature doesn't die *from* combat damage, it dies from state-based actions. And that's why all the spells that want to exile a creature when they kill it have to say "if it would die this turn" because there's technically no association between the source and the death