<p>First Strike does not apply because it isn't combat.</p>
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<p><strong>701.10d</strong> The damage dealt when a creature fights isn’t combat damage.</p>
<p><strong>702.7a</strong> First strike is a static ability that modifies the rules for the combat damage step.</p>
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2015-10-06T13:43:22.100Z
Thanks, that's what I thought but we really weren't sure
RyuAkamatsu
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diego
<p>I was playing a game earlier and my opponent had a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Drana%2C%20Liberator%20of%20Malakir">Drana, Liberator of Malakir</a> that was a 4/3 and wanted to use a sorcery to fight <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=401936" rel="noreferrer">Kozilek's Channeler</a> that was a 4/4.</p>
<p>We were wondering if the Channeler would die first because of First Strike? Or would it not be counted as it wasn't combat?</p>

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Fight and first strike
RyuAkamatsu
# Fight and first strike

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-06)

I was playing a game earlier and my opponent had a [Drana, Liberator of Malakir](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Drana%2C%20Liberator%20of%20Malakir) that was a 4/3 and wanted to use a sorcery to fight [Kozilek's Channeler](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=401936) that was a 4/4.

We were wondering if the Channeler would die first because of First Strike? Or would it not be counted as it wasn't combat?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-10-06. Score: 20 | Accepted answer

First Strike does not apply because it isn't combat.

> **701.10d** The damage dealt when a creature fights isn’t combat damage.
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> **702.7a** First strike is a static ability that modifies the rules for the combat damage step.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, that's what I thought but we really weren't sure  

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