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'''Fight''' is a [[keyword action]] introduced in ''[[Innistrad]]''.  The word appears in a phrase like "[Cardname] fights target creature." and it means that both creatures deal damage equal to their [[Power and Toughness|Power]] to each other.<ref name="Innistrad">{{NewRef|feature/innistrad-mechanics-2011-08-28|''Innistrad'' Mechanics|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/evergreen-eggs-ham-2015-06-08|Evergreen Eggs & Ham|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 8, 2015}}</ref> Cards using fight appear [[primary]] in [[green]] and secondary in [[red]].<ref name="Color Pie 2017">{{NewRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2017-2017-06-05|Mechanical Color Pie 2017|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 5, 2017}}</ref>  They carry the flavor of an altercation.
'''Fight''' is a [[keyword action]] introduced in ''[[Innistrad]]''.  The word appears in a phrase like "[Cardname] fights target creature." and it means that both creatures deal damage equal to their [[Power and Toughness|Power]] to each other.<ref name="Innistrad">{{NewRef|feature/innistrad-mechanics-2011-08-28|''Innistrad'' Mechanics|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|August 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/evergreen-eggs-ham-2015-06-08|Evergreen Eggs & Ham|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 8, 2015}}</ref> Cards using fight appear [[primary]] in [[green]] and secondary in [[red]].<ref name="Color Pie 2017">{{NewRef|making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2017-2017-06-05|Mechanical Color Pie 2017|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 5, 2017}}</ref>  They carry the flavor of an altercation.

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Fight
Keyword Action
Introduced Innistrad
Last used Evergreen
Reminder Text No official reminder text
Statistics 37 cards
{G}54% {R}16% Multicolor 22% Land 5% {X}3%
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keyword:"Fight"

Fight is a keyword action introduced in Innistrad. The word appears in a phrase like "[Cardname] fights target creature." and it means that both creatures deal damage equal to their Power to each other.[1][2] Cards using fight appear primary in green and secondary in red.[3] They carry the flavor of an altercation.

Description

Fight is similar to the mechanic originally introduced with the Land Arena, though slightly altered. A few old cards (including Arena) with the same functionality received updated Oracle wording using the new terminology. Cards with similar, but not identical, functionality do not use the word "fight".

Rules

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Rulings

  • The damage is dealt simultaneously, and it is dealt by the creatures themselves, so abilities like deathtouch, lifelink, and infect will work as normal.
  • Damage dealt while fighting is not combat damage, so abilities like first strike won't have any effect.
  • Fighting itself does not cause the creatures to become tapped.[1]
  • Only creatures can fight.
  • No more than two creatures can fight.
  • If a creature somehow fights itself, it will deal damage to itself equal to its power twice simultaneously.

Example

Fighting cards before the keyword action

Some cards have abilities similar, but not identical, to fight and have not received errata:

One-sided fight

Green needed answers to creatures, but R&D wanted to make sure the solution to creatures involves creatures. Fight was the first step in that direction. The next step, as first seen in Oath of the Gatewatch, was one-sided fighting for green.[4][5]

References

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  4. [[Lua error in Module:EzTumblr at line 40: Malformed URL.]]. "[{{{1}}} Nissa's Judgment is green, but it doesn't let the targeted creature fight back?]". Lua error in Module:EzTumblr at line 50: Malformed URL.. Tumblr.
  5. [[Lua error in Module:EzTumblr at line 40: Malformed URL.]]. "[{{{1}}} What's all this noise I keep hearing about fight and "deals damage equal to its power"?]". Lua error in Module:EzTumblr at line 50: Malformed URL.. Tumblr.

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