A Planeswalker's Primer for Magic 2010: First Strike and Double Strike

Magic 2010 goes on sale July 17. Watch this video to learn all about the First Strike and Double Strike keywords.

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• magic
• 2010
• core
• set

[xanzus]

this manages to make magic boring. impressive.

[Minnzy]

@lplulnl Double Strike already is first strike so adding first strike will have no effect, Double Strike and First strike are the same but Double strike also gets to attack again unlike just first strike

[Minnzy]

@xteXhex Yes

[xteXhex]

ok so if 3/2 with doble strike deal damage to player does that mean hel take 6 damage?

[lplulnl]

If my creature has double strike

and I equip him with first strike too

than mean he has double strike and first strike

at the same time, ok my question?

creature deal both of 2 damage as first strike or nothing happen?

thx...

[ethugfolyfe]

@edarion01 If your double strike creature did not have trample the defending player would not take any damage, however if your creature had trample they would take 9 damage. 1 of the first strike damage would kill the spawn and 4 would be assigned to the defending player, then during the second combat damage step your creature would deal its full 5 damage to the defending player because there are no creatures on the battlefield blocking it.

[NekuSakuraba09]

Surely doublestrike is useless then, as the blocker is removed from the battlefield after the first strike damage hits, te second damage that hits must go to the player as there are no blocking creatures.

Wizards, yet again you baffle me with your anti-logic and ineffective rules.

[dragy148816]

@SubSatellite Exactly. Once you use a creature to attack, unless it has a special ability, it cant be used to block.

[SubSatellite]

question, when one of my creatures atacks in my turn , he will get tapped, but the question is , he is not going to be able to block cause its tapped ? (sorry for my english im new at the game and im loving it so i really want to understand it to 100%)

[edarion01]

my 5/5 doublestrike attacks you block with an eldrazi spawn.

No damage is dealt to the defending player right???

Now if this was a 5/5 Double strike with trample. then the defending player takes 4 damage right?