Damage

Damage a creature has taken is tracked by placing damage tokens on the creature. A creature with damage tokens on it is considered “damaged” for the purposes of card effects. If a creature has an amount of damage on it equal to or greater than its power, the creature is destroyed. Damage on a creature does not reduce its power. If multiple creatures are damaged by a single effect, that damage is dealt simultaneously.

Each time damage would be dealt to a creature, it is considered pending damage. Pending damage can be reduced or prevented in a variety of ways. Follow the steps below, in order, to resolve the pending damage:

1. If the creature “cannot be damaged,” or “cannot be dealt damage,” all of its pending damage is prevented.
2. If the creature has a ward counter, all of its pending damage is prevented, then the ward counter is discarded.
3. If the creature has armor, each point of armor prevents 1 pending damage, and the creature's armor value is reduced for the remainder of the turn by the amount of pending damage damage prevented.
4. All pending damage not prevented becomes damage dealt to the creature. If a creature has damage equal to or greater than its power, it is destroyed.

Related Topic: Destroyed