<p>Try this search: <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22with+first+strike%22" rel="noreferrer">https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22with+first+strike%22</a></p>
<p>Here are two cards that meet your criteria:</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kwende%2C%20Pride%20of%20Femeref">Kwende, Pride of Femeref</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tresserhorn%20Skyknight">Tresserhorn Skyknight</a></li>
</ul>

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2023-06-26T20:14:39.577Z
2023-06-26T20:14:39.577Z
Zags
<p>Four cards specifically check for first strike:</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kwende%2C%20Pride%20of%20Femeref">Kwende, Pride of Femeref</a> has &quot;Creatures you control with first strike have double strike.&quot;</li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tresserhorn%20Skyknight">Tresserhorn Skyknight</a> has &quot;Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Tresserhorn Skyknight by creatures with first strike.&quot;</li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Path%20of%20Mettle">Path of Mettle</a> has
<blockquote>
<p>When Path of Mettle enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each creature that doesn’t have first strike, double strike, vigilance, or haste.</p>
<p>Whenever you attack with at least two creatures that have first strike, double strike, vigilance, and/or haste, transform Path of Mettle.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Momentum%20Rumbler">Momentum Rumbler</a> has
<blockquote>
<p>Whenever Momentum Rumbler attacks, if it doesn’t have first strike, put a first strike counter on it.</p>
<p>Whenever Momentum Rumbler attacks, if it has first strike, it gains double strike until end of turn.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>A several cards gain or grant a variety of keyword abilities based on the abilities other creatures or creature cards have, including first strike:</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Akroma%2C%20Vision%20of%20Ixidor">Akroma, Vision of Ixidor</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cairn%20Wanderer">Cairn Wanderer</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Concerted%20Effort">Concerted Effort</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Escaped%20Shapeshifter">Escaped Shapeshifter</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kathril%2C%20Aspect%20Warper">Kathril, Aspect Warper</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Majestic%20Myriarch">Majestic Myriarch</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Odric%2C%20Lunarch%20Marshal">Odric, Lunarch Marshal</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thunderous%20Orator">Thunderous Orator</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Several cards exile or otherwise remove cards, and then gain a variety of keyword abilities that those cards have:</p>
<ul>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Animus%20of%20Predation">Animus of Predation</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Death-Mask%20Duplicant">Death-Mask Duplicant</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Eater%20of%20Virtue">Eater of Virtue</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rayami%2C%20First%20of%20the%20Fallen">Rayami, First of the Fallen</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Soulflayer">Soulflayer</a></li>
<li><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urborg%20Scavengers">Urborg Scavengers</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I found these using the Scryfall searches <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fcreatures.*with.*first%20strike%2F&amp;unique=cards&amp;as=grid&amp;order=name" rel="noreferrer"><code>o:/creature.*with.*first strike/</code></a>, <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fthat.*have.*first%20strike%2F&amp;unique=cards&amp;as=grid&amp;order=name" rel="noreferrer"><code>o:/that.*have.*first strike/</code></a>, <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fif.*has.*first%20strike%2F&amp;unique=cards&amp;as=grid&amp;order=name" rel="noreferrer"><code>o:/if.*has.*first strike/</code></a>, and <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fas%20long%20as.*has.*first%20strike%2F&amp;unique=cards&amp;as=grid&amp;order=name" rel="noreferrer"><code>o:/as long as.*has.*first strike/</code></a>. You could replace &quot;first strike&quot; with other keyword abilities in those searches to find cards that care about those keyword abilities.</p>

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2023-06-26T21:23:58.567Z
Thank you for including the searches; that’s very useful information!
Charles
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2023-06-26T20:18:22.957Z
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2023-06-26T20:50:17.553Z
murgatroid99
<p>Are there any Magic cards which test for first strike? I’m thinking of something like “Destroy target creature with first strike” or “Creatures with first strike get +1/+1 until end of turn”.</p>

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2023-06-26T20:15:21.863Z
I removed your last sentence ("I’d also be interested in analogous questions for other keyworded abilities.") to keep the scope to one question.  Feel free to post a separate question if you want to ask something else
Zags
<magic-the-gathering>
Are there any MTG cards which test for first strike?
Charles
# Are there any MTG cards which test for first strike?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-06-26)

Are there any Magic cards which test for first strike? I’m thinking of something like “Destroy target creature with first strike” or “Creatures with first strike get +1/+1 until end of turn”.

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I removed your last sentence ("I’d also be interested in analogous questions for other keyworded abilities.") to keep the scope to one question.  Feel free to post a separate question if you want to ask something else  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-06-26. Score: 14 | Accepted answer

Four cards specifically check for first strike:

* [Kwende, Pride of Femeref](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kwende%2C%20Pride%20of%20Femeref) has "Creatures you control with first strike have double strike."
* [Tresserhorn Skyknight](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tresserhorn%20Skyknight) has "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Tresserhorn Skyknight by creatures with first strike."
* [Path of Mettle](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Path%20of%20Mettle) has
  > When Path of Mettle enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each creature that doesn’t have first strike, double strike, vigilance, or haste.
  >
  > Whenever you attack with at least two creatures that have first strike, double strike, vigilance, and/or haste, transform Path of Mettle.
* [Momentum Rumbler](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Momentum%20Rumbler) has
  > Whenever Momentum Rumbler attacks, if it doesn’t have first strike, put a first strike counter on it.
  >
  > Whenever Momentum Rumbler attacks, if it has first strike, it gains double strike until end of turn.

A several cards gain or grant a variety of keyword abilities based on the abilities other creatures or creature cards have, including first strike:

* [Akroma, Vision of Ixidor](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Akroma%2C%20Vision%20of%20Ixidor)
* [Cairn Wanderer](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cairn%20Wanderer)
* [Concerted Effort](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Concerted%20Effort)
* [Escaped Shapeshifter](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Escaped%20Shapeshifter)
* [Kathril, Aspect Warper](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kathril%2C%20Aspect%20Warper)
* [Majestic Myriarch](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Majestic%20Myriarch)
* [Odric, Lunarch Marshal](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Odric%2C%20Lunarch%20Marshal)
* [Thunderous Orator](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thunderous%20Orator)

Several cards exile or otherwise remove cards, and then gain a variety of keyword abilities that those cards have:

* [Animus of Predation](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Animus%20of%20Predation)
* [Death-Mask Duplicant](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Death-Mask%20Duplicant)
* [Eater of Virtue](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Eater%20of%20Virtue)
* [Rayami, First of the Fallen](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rayami%2C%20First%20of%20the%20Fallen)
* [Soulflayer](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Soulflayer)
* [Urborg Scavengers](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urborg%20Scavengers)

I found these using the Scryfall searches [`o:/creature.*with.*first strike/`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fcreatures.*with.*first%20strike%2F&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name), [`o:/that.*have.*first strike/`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fthat.*have.*first%20strike%2F&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name), [`o:/if.*has.*first strike/`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fif.*has.*first%20strike%2F&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name), and [`o:/as long as.*has.*first strike/`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fas%20long%20as.*has.*first%20strike%2F&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name). You could replace "first strike" with other keyword abilities in those searches to find cards that care about those keyword abilities.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you for including the searches; that’s very useful information!  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-06-26. Score: 4

Try this search: <https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22with+first+strike%22>

Here are two cards that meet your criteria:

* [Kwende, Pride of Femeref](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kwende%2C%20Pride%20of%20Femeref)
* [Tresserhorn Skyknight](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tresserhorn%20Skyknight)


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