<p>We can't tell why your creature died from the limited information you gave because <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak">Flamebreak</a> alone would not have killed your creature.</p>
<ul>
<li>Maybe your creature's toughness was being buffed by the static ability of <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220147" rel="nofollow noreferrer">some</a> other creature that died from <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak">Flamebreak</a>.</li>
<li>Maybe your creature already had damage marked on it.</li>
<li>Maybe your creature received damage from <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=266050" rel="nofollow noreferrer">something</a> soon after <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak">Flamebreak</a>.</li>
<li>Maybe <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=135206" rel="nofollow noreferrer">something</a> debuffed your creature's toughness.</li>
<li>Maybe <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205268" rel="nofollow noreferrer">something</a> doubled the damage.</li>
<li>Maybe ...</li>
</ul>

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2012-11-07T05:03:49.810Z
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ikegami
<p>I was using <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak">Flamebreak</a> during the MTG pc game, and I had a 5/4 without flying. I used it, and the 5/4 died! Why? It says it only deals 3 dmg to non-flying creatures.</p>

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2012-11-07T10:38:12.320Z
More information about other things that were on the board required, I think.  All other things being equal, Flamebreak should not kill your 5/4 creature.
thesunneversets
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2016-01-04T01:11:53.750Z
Voting to close as unclear; we cannot provide much more than guesswork with the information provided.
doppelgreener
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Question about MTG card Flamebreak
user3483
# Question about MTG card Flamebreak

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-11-07)

I was using [Flamebreak](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak) during the MTG pc game, and I had a 5/4 without flying. I used it, and the 5/4 died! Why? It says it only deals 3 dmg to non-flying creatures.

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: More information about other things that were on the board required, I think.  All other things being equal, Flamebreak should not kill your 5/4 creature.  
> **username_2**: Voting to close as unclear; we cannot provide much more than guesswork with the information provided.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2012-11-07. Score: 6

We can't tell why your creature died from the limited information you gave because [Flamebreak](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak) alone would not have killed your creature.

* Maybe your creature's toughness was being buffed by the static ability of [some](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220147) other creature that died from [Flamebreak](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak).
* Maybe your creature already had damage marked on it.
* Maybe your creature received damage from [something](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=266050) soon after [Flamebreak](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flamebreak).
* Maybe [something](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=135206) debuffed your creature's toughness.
* Maybe [something](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205268) doubled the damage.
* Maybe ...


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