<p>This is not a correct understanding of either combat or fighting.</p>

<p>"Fight" is a special keyword that simply means "the 2 chosen creatures deal damage to the other equal to their power." Neither power nor toughness is ever "used up." If a 2/4 creature fights another 2/4 creature, both will still be a 2/4 creature after that. The only difference will be that they will both be a 2/4 creature with 2 damage on them.</p>

<p>In combat, power and toughness are also not "used up". The attacking and blocking creature will deal damage to the other equal to its power.</p>

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2014-08-24T03:36:56.967Z
The specific rule about fighting is here: http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Fight
murgatroid99
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2014-08-24T04:09:13.087Z
then does the damage the creature get from a fight transfered to the normal combat in the same turn?
June Kim
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2014-08-24T04:17:12.090Z
@JuneKim Yes; you need to go open the [Basic Rules](http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/resources/rules/EN_MTGM14_Rulebook_LR.pdf) and re-read about how combat works and how damage works because you seem like you've misunderstood a lot.
doppelgreener
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2014-08-24T04:39:26.003Z
@JuneKim It doesn't matter whether the damage comes from combat, or fighting, or a spell like Shock. All damage is cumulative, and is set back to 0 at the end of each turn.
GendoIkari
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2014-08-24T03:26:37.640Z
2014-08-24T03:26:37.640Z
GendoIkari
<p>Blood Feud lets two creatures fight each other. Is it similar to normal combat?</p>

<p>As I understand it, after a combat you use up your power and toughness. If there are 3/4 and 2/2, and they combat each other, the first one uses 2 powers to kill the other and has remaining 1 power. Its toughness is used up to be 2.</p>

<p>Does the same thing happen and the effect remains till the end of the turn after Blood Feud?</p>

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2014-08-26T20:42:37.517Z
This question is covered by (but not necessarily a duplicate of) [Does 'fight' involve combat?](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/7504/6692). Users who end up here might want to give it a look-see.
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Effect of Blood Feud
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# Effect of Blood Feud

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-24)

Blood Feud lets two creatures fight each other. Is it similar to normal combat?

As I understand it, after a combat you use up your power and toughness. If there are 3/4 and 2/2, and they combat each other, the first one uses 2 powers to kill the other and has remaining 1 power. Its toughness is used up to be 2.

Does the same thing happen and the effect remains till the end of the turn after Blood Feud?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This question is covered by (but not necessarily a duplicate of) [Does 'fight' involve combat?](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/7504/6692). Users who end up here might want to give it a look-see.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-24. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

This is not a correct understanding of either combat or fighting.

"Fight" is a special keyword that simply means "the 2 chosen creatures deal damage to the other equal to their power." Neither power nor toughness is ever "used up." If a 2/4 creature fights another 2/4 creature, both will still be a 2/4 creature after that. The only difference will be that they will both be a 2/4 creature with 2 damage on them.

In combat, power and toughness are also not "used up". The attacking and blocking creature will deal damage to the other equal to its power.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: The specific rule about fighting is here: http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Fight  
> **username_0**: then does the damage the creature get from a fight transfered to the normal combat in the same turn?  
> **username_4**: @username_0 Yes; you need to go open the [Basic Rules](http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/resources/rules/EN_MTGM14_Rulebook_LR.pdf) and re-read about how combat works and how damage works because you seem like you've misunderstood a lot.  
> **username_2**: @username_0 It doesn't matter whether the damage comes from combat, or fighting, or a spell like Shock. All damage is cumulative, and is set back to 0 at the end of each turn.  

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