Cut Down and Moonveil Regent
Please tell me why my "Cut Down" cannot aim my opponent's wounded "Moonveil Regent" (4/1)? Thank you!
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Sherlock#16329 commented
@Rezzahan#77802 Thank you ! I thought I had already destroyed wounded creatures whose total power+toughness fell within the Cut Down criteria..
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[Deleted User] commented
Damage doesn't reduce toughness. Damage is marked on a creature and compared to its toughness. If the marked damage equals or exceeds a creature's toughness, it is destroyed as a state based action. Marked damage is removed in the cleanup step, or by an effect like regeneration or totem armor.
So that Moonveil Regent was still a 4/4, an illegal target for Cut Down. Arena just shows marked damage with a reduced toughness to make it easier to calculate how much more damage is needed to kill the creature. But the toughness is not reduced by damage.