208. Power/Toughness

Rules in this chapter

• 208.1 Power/Toughness A creature card has two numbers separated by a slash printed in its lower right corner. The first number is its power (the amount of damage it deals in combat); the second is its…
• 208.2 Power/Toughness Rather than a fixed number, some creature cards have power and/or toughness that includes a star (*).
• 208.3 Power/Toughness A noncreature permanent has no power or toughness, even if it’s a card with a power and toughness printed on it (such as a Vehicle). A noncreature object not on the battlefield…
• 208.4 Power/Toughness Some effects refer to a creature’s “base power,” “base toughness,” or “base power and toughness.”
• 208.5 Power/Toughness If a creature somehow has no value for its power, its power is 0. The same is true for toughness.